CPT 87541 · 1,132 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.46 at one hospital and $1,629 at another — a 32× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $123.

Cheapest published

$50.46

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

Median across 1,132 hospitals

$123

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

Most expensive

$1,629

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

Price distribution

350 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
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$307	$123	$279	$279	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$307	$123	$29.83	$279	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$307	$123	$279	$279	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$307	$123	$29.83	$279	5 insurers
HCA FLORIDA NORTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL	FL	$123	$123	$31.81	$43.86	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$211	$124	—	—	5 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$178	$125	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$122	$122	—	—	4 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$263	$127	$121	$239	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$263	$127	$29.83	$239	5 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$211	$127	—	—	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$255	$128	$158	$204	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$255	$128	$34.01	$255	5 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$118	—	—	0 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$184	$129	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$184	$129	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK	CA	$129	$129	—	—	4 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA	CA	$129	$129	—	—	5 insurers
EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL	CA	$129	$129	—	—	5 insurers
COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL	CA	$129	$129	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$294	$118	—	—	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$212	$129	$104	$197	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$212	$129	$34.01	$212	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$276	$117	$201	$251	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$276	$117	$29.83	$251	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$398	$117	$287	$326	2 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$398	$117	$29.83	$398	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$200	$130	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$233	$116	$10.4	$210	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$277	$116	$166	$235	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$277	$116	$34.01	$276	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$277	$116	$166	$235	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$277	$116	$34.01	$276	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$277	$116	$166	$235	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$277	$116	$34.01	$276	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$277	$116	$166	$235	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$277	$116	$34.01	$276	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$277	$116	$166	$235	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$277	$116	$34.01	$276	5 insurers
CHI ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL HOT SPRINGS	AR	$174	$131	—	—	0 insurers