CPT 99231 · 787 hospitals reporting

99231

The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $900 at another — a 18× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $91.54.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 787 hospitals

$91.54

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

Most expensive

$900

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

Price distribution

314 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
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$108	$91.8	$97.47	$106	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$108	$91.8	$23.14	$122	0 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$163	$91.28	—	—	0 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$163	$91.28	—	—	0 insurers
NORTHWOOD DEACONESS HEALTH CENTER	ND	$114	$91.2	—	—	0 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$101	$90.9	$95.95	$98.49	0 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$121	$90.75	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$108	$90.72	$97.47	$106	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$108	$90.72	$65.88	$146	0 insurers
NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL	CA	—	$90.3	$55.47	$421	0 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$212	$90.1	—	—	0 insurers
CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$124	$93.07	—	—	0 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$120	$90	—	—	0 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$137	$93.16	—	—	0 insurers
HUTCHINSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	KS	$120	$89.91	—	—	0 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$171	$93.27	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$112	$89.6	$46.42	$112	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$112	$89.6	$46.42	$112	0 insurers
GOOD SHEPHERD MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$179	$89.5	—	—	0 insurers
HSHS ST ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL	IL	$130	$93.6	—	—	0 insurers
HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	IA	$110	$93.64	—	—	0 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MN	$105	$89.32	—	—	0 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$125	$93.83	—	—	0 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$105	$89.25	—	—	0 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$137	$89.05	—	—	0 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$137	$89.05	—	—	0 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$118	$88.82	—	—	0 insurers