CPT 87538 · 1,171 hospitals reporting

87538

The same procedure costs $50.92 at one hospital and $1,575 at another — a 31× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $146.

Cheapest published

$50.92

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

Median across 1,171 hospitals

$146

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

Most expensive

$1,575

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

Price distribution

374 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
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$182	$146	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	PA	$182	$146	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL	PA	$182	$146	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$182	$146	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	PA	$182	$146	—	—	0 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$221	$146	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$412	$144	$206	$206	0 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$412	$144	$29.48	$331	0 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$147	$147	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$180	$144	—	—	0 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$150	$150	—	—	0 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$300	$150	—	—	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$231	$138	—	—	0 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$386	$154	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$210	$137	—	—	0 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$258	$155	$35.09	$248	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$208	$135	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$351	$158	—	—	0 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$316	$158	—	—	0 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$396	$158	—	—	0 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$204	$133	—	—	0 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$339	$132	—	—	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$159	$159	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$159	$159	—	—	0 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$153	$130	—	—	0 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$361	$130	—	—	0 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$323	$162	—	—	0 insurers
HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL	FL	$162	$162	$31.81	$43.86	0 insurers