CPT 89230 · 954 hospitals reporting

Op-sweat test

The same procedure costs $51 at one hospital and $1,056 at another — a 21× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $106.

Cheapest published

$51

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

Median across 954 hospitals

$106

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

Most expensive

$1,056

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

Price distribution

242 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
MCGEHEE HOSPITAL	AR	$160	$107	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$301	$105	$63	$175	3 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$410	$105	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$410	$105	$2.23	$226	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$180	$108	—	—	5 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$410	$104	—	—	0 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$410	$104	$2.23	$226	5 insurers
WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$207	$103	—	—	1 insurers
WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL INC	WV	$207	$103	—	—	1 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$181	$110	—	—	0 insurers
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL -	MA	$102	$102	$11.86	$124	5 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$102	$102	$11.86	$104	4 insurers
NORTON SCOTT HOSPITAL	IN	$508	$102	—	—	1 insurers
NORTON HOSPITALS, INC	KY	$508	$102	—	—	1 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$171	$113	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$256	$99.59	$28.16	$210	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$256	$99.59	$2.2	$256	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$323	$113	$43	$115	3 insurers