CPT 87496 · 1,488 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,670 at another — a 33× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $150.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,488 hospitals

$150

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

Most expensive

$1,670

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

Price distribution

500 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
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$494	$150	$356	$371	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$494	$150	$35.09	$371	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$273	$150	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$273	$150	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$273	$150	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$150	$150	—	—	5 insurers
WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$300	$150	—	—	1 insurers
WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL INC	WV	$300	$150	—	—	1 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$356	$150	$214	$303	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$356	$150	$34.01	$303	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$356	$150	$214	$303	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$356	$150	$34.01	$303	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$356	$150	$214	$303	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$356	$150	$34.01	$303	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$356	$150	$214	$303	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$356	$150	$34.01	$303	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$356	$150	$214	$303	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$356	$150	$34.01	$303	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$379	$152	—	—	1 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$304	$152	$136	$273	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$304	$152	$136	$273	5 insurers
BRIDGTON HOSPITAL	ME	$491	$152	$35.09	$446	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$296	$148	—	—	5 insurers
TOUCHETTE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC	IL	$236	$146	—	—	1 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$258	$155	$35.09	$248	1 insurers
WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	PA	$182	$146	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	PA	$182	$146	—	—	5 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL MEDICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$260	$156	—	—	2 insurers
WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	HI	$361	$144	$34.39	$307	5 insurers
HIAWATHA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KS	$221	$144	$74.57	$210	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$185	$157	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$185	$157	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$179	$143	—	—	5 insurers
GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$179	$143	—	—	5 insurers
IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$238	$143	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$549	$143	$34.39	$467	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$272	$158	$163	$256	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$272	$158	$35.09	$256	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$494	$142	$356	$371	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$494	$142	$35.09	$371	5 insurers