CPT 90870 · 913 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $82.25 at one hospital and $9,000 at another — a 109× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $857.

Cheapest published

$82.25

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 913 hospitals

$857

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

Most expensive

$9,000

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

Price distribution

299 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
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,224	$857	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$1,224	$857	—	—	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$1,318	$857	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,649	$841	—	—	4 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SEBRING	FL	$1,475	$885	$313	$1,328	5 insurers
BRAXTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$1,646	$823	—	—	1 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$1,646	$823	—	—	1 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$1,645	$823	—	—	2 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,645	$823	—	—	2 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$894	$894	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,023	$818	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,023	$818	—	—	4 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,340	$804	$249	$1,666	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$2,000	$800	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$2,000	$800	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,333	$800	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$1,830	$915	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,830	$915	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,830	$915	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$7,729	$915	$102	$7,729	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$1,830	$915	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$1,830	$915	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$1,830	$915	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,326	$796	$241	$1,666	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,590	$795	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,590	$795	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$1,590	$795	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$922	$922	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$922	$922	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$922	$922	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$922	$922	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$922	$922	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$922	$922	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$922	$922	—	—	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,333	$933	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$1,333	$933	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$1,298	$779	—	—	5 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,899	$760	—	—	3 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$959	$0	$959	2 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$1,670	$752	$428	$1,620	5 insurers