CPT 94690 · 950 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,509 at another — a 30× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $139.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 950 hospitals

$139

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

Most expensive

$1,509

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

Price distribution

285 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
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$397	$139	$179	$397	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$397	$139	$39.45	$745	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$397	$139	$171	$397	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$397	$139	$42.84	$979	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$397	$139	$171	$397	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$397	$139	$31.27	$979	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$397	$139	$171	$397	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$397	$139	$42.84	$979	5 insurers
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL	CA	$200	$140	$27.02	$200	5 insurers
WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$190	$143	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$238	$143	$42.85	$231	5 insurers
NORTON SCOTT HOSPITAL	IN	$719	$144	—	—	0 insurers
NORTON HOSPITALS, INC	KY	$719	$144	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$221	$133	—	—	1 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$220	$132	—	—	0 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$200	$130	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$367	$128	$55.35	$1,000	5 insurers
CRISP REGIONAL HOSPITAL	GA	$135	$128	—	—	0 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$153	$153	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$177	$124	—	—	2 insurers
EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL	CA	$154	$154	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$120	$31.09	$190	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$120	$31.09	$163	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$120	$31.09	$169	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$199	$119	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$199	$119	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$238	$119	$41.45	$231	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$238	$119	$30.96	$231	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$238	$119	$29.39	$231	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BALLANTYNE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$238	$119	$42.85	$231	5 insurers
NOVANT PRINCE WILLIAM MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$238	$119	$42.85	$231	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$289	$159	—	—	5 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$285	$160	—	—	3 insurers