CPT 87254 · 1,382 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.31 at one hospital and $1,044 at another — a 21× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $89.

Cheapest published

$50.31

315 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,382 hospitals

$89

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$1,044

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

431 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$89	$89	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$153	$88.74	$91.8	$144	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$153	$88.74	$19.56	$144	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$221	$88.4	—	—	1 insurers
PARK NICOLLET METHODIST HOSPITAL	MN	—	$89.7	$25.43	$114	1 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$196	$88.2	—	—	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$147	$88.2	—	—	3 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$196	$88.2	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$196	$88.02	—	—	0 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$176	$88	—	—	1 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$106	$90.1	—	—	1 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$133	$87.78	—	—	5 insurers
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MA	$87	$87	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE HOSPITAL	OH	$116	$87	—	—	0 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$182	$91	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$155	$86.86	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$102	$86.7	$92.06	$99.96	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$102	$86.7	$19.56	$99.96	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$162	$86.39	$122	$154	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$162	$86.39	$15.45	$156	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$102	$85.68	$92.06	$99.96	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$102	$85.68	$19.56	$99.96	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$196	$92.34	$178	$178	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$196	$92.34	$16.62	$178	5 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$154	$92.4	$5.65	$148	1 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$114	$85.55	—	—	5 insurers
D W MCMILLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$142	$85.2	—	—	5 insurers
ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$142	$85.2	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$213	$85.04	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$213	$85.04	—	—	5 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$85	$85	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$85	$85	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$85	$85	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$85	$85	—	—	5 insurers
PEACE HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$130	$84.5	—	—	0 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$125	$93.75	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$168	$84	$20.95	$163	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$210	$84	—	—	1 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$84	$84	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$210	$84	—	—	1 insurers