CPT 87490 · 1,075 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.64 at one hospital and $1,500 at another — a 30× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $96.47.

Cheapest published

$50.64

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

Median across 1,075 hospitals

$96.47

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

Most expensive

$1,500

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

Price distribution

234 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
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$95	$95	—	—	4 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$95	$95	—	—	4 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$166	$97.94	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$117	$98.28	$106	$115	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$117	$98.28	$22.75	$115	5 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$123	$98.4	—	—	5 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$156	$93.66	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$117	$99.45	$106	$115	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$117	$99.45	$22.75	$115	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$93	$93	—	—	5 insurers
WESTSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$109	$92.65	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER SUNNYSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$109	$92.65	—	—	3 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$144	$101	—	—	5 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$131	$91.7	$40	—	4 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$136	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$137	$102	—	—	0 insurers
ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSP MENOMONEE FALLS CAMPUS	WI	$215	$90.44	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$226	$90.4	—	—	1 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$103	$103	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$259	$103	—	—	2 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SEBRING	FL	$173	$104	$5.38	$156	5 insurers
NORTHEASTERN NEVADA REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NV	$149	$104	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$174	$104	—	—	2 insurers
RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$220	$87.88	—	—	2 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$212	$106	—	—	0 insurers
FAIRFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1	IL	$133	$106	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$164	$106	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$166	$86.32	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$267	$107	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$267	$107	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$267	$107	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$267	$107	—	—	5 insurers
CENTENNIAL HILLS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$267	$107	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$267	$107	—	—	5 insurers
WEST HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$267	$107	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD LUVERNE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$107	$85.6	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$135	$108	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$142	$85.28	—	—	0 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$166	$84.66	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$141	$84.6	—	—	5 insurers