CPT 87502 · 1,429 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $52 at one hospital and $1,524 at another — a 29× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $189.

Cheapest published

$52

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

Median across 1,429 hospitals

$189

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

Most expensive

$1,524

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
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$472	$189	—	—	4 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$189	$189	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$189	$189	—	—	2 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$189	$189	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$189	$189	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$189	$189	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$189	$189	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$189	$189	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$189	$189	—	—	5 insurers
HUTCHINSON HEALTH	MN	—	$190	$86.62	$211	2 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$335	$188	—	—	3 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$710	$190	$383	$596	2 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$710	$190	$57.48	$596	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$545	$191	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$545	$191	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$545	$191	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$545	$191	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$545	$191	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$475	$191	$432	$432	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$475	$191	$72.31	$432	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$475	$191	$432	$432	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$475	$191	$72.31	$432	5 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$477	$187	$129	$467	5 insurers
COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL	CA	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$373	$187	—	—	0 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$319	$191	—	—	0 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$822	$192	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$822	$192	—	—	5 insurers