CPT 87290 · 1,111 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $365 at another — a 7× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $85.35.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,111 hospitals

$85.35

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

Most expensive

$365

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

Price distribution

160 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
IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$142	$85.2	—	—	5 insurers
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL	MI	$114	$85.5	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$189	$85.08	—	—	0 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$189	$85.05	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$189	$85.05	—	—	0 insurers
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	—	$84.75	—	—	0 insurers
BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER - DOWNTOWN CAMPUS	NY	$86.2	$86.2	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$207	$82.8	—	—	4 insurers
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$88	$9.39	$155	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$88	$9.39	$156	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$88	$9.39	$347	5 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$88	$9.39	$155	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$177	$88.44	$79.07	$159	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$177	$88.44	$79.07	$159	5 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$118	$88.82	—	—	5 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$119	$89.25	$13.42	$93	5 insurers
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL -	MA	$90	$90	$13.42	$57.04	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$226	$90.4	—	—	1 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$157	$92.63	$86.35	$148	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$157	$92.63	$13.01	$148	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$157	$92.63	$86.35	$148	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$157	$92.63	$13.01	$148	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$78	$78	—	—	2 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$156	$93.37	—	—	2 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$154	$77	—	—	2 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$154	$77	—	—	2 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$154	$77	—	—	5 insurers
BRAXTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$154	$77	—	—	0 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$154	$77	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$154	$77	—	—	0 insurers