CPT 88189 · 977 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $52.2 at one hospital and $2,230 at another — a 43× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $165.

Cheapest published

$52.2

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

Median across 977 hospitals

$165

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

Most expensive

$2,230

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

Price distribution

368 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
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$165	$165	—	—	5 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$330	$165	—	—	2 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$330	$165	—	—	2 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$300	$165	—	—	5 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$330	$165	—	—	2 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$330	$165	—	—	2 insurers
EASTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT	CO	$206	$165	$77.54	$77.54	0 insurers
KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL	WA	$265	$164	$180	$180	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$166	$166	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$416	$167	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$416	$167	—	—	5 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$303	$170	—	—	3 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$421	$170	—	—	1 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$405	$158	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$158	$158	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$395	$158	—	—	1 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$430	$172	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$430	$172	—	—	0 insurers
ST GABRIELS HOSPITAL	MN	$348	$174	$93.41	$331	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$222	$155	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$222	$155	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX FALLS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	SD	$207	$155	$43.71	$207	5 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$250	$175	—	—	5 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND	NJ	$155	$155	—	—	3 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER MULLICA HILL	NJ	$155	$155	—	—	3 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$387	$155	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$387	$155	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$397	$155	$83.37	$298	3 insurers