HCPCS C2616 · 510 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $2,658 at one hospital and $120,999 at another — a 46× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $27,545.

Cheapest published

$2,658

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

Median across 510 hospitals

$27,545

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

Most expensive

$120,999

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

Price distribution

281 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
PARKVIEW DEKALB HOSPITAL	IN	$55,090	$27,545	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL	IN	$55,090	$27,545	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WHITLEY HOSPITAL	IN	$55,090	$27,545	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW NOBLE HOSPITAL	IN	$55,090	$27,545	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL, INC	IN	$55,090	$27,545	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW LAGRANGE HOSPITAL	IN	$55,090	$27,545	—	—	0 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$68,565	$27,426	—	—	0 insurers
BETHESDA HOSPITAL EAST	FL	$42,680	$27,742	—	—	5 insurers
NORTON SCOTT HOSPITAL	IN	$136,290	$27,258	—	—	1 insurers
NORTON HOSPITALS, INC	KY	$136,290	$27,258	—	—	1 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$62,170	$26,609	$31,085	$60,927	5 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$62,170	$26,609	$14,299	$60,927	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$32,860	$26,288	$18,727	$32,860	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$32,860	$26,288	$18,727	$32,860	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$70,321	$25,808	$17,580	$70,321	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$70,321	$25,808	$17,580	$65,399	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$64,500	$25,800	—	—	1 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$64,500	$25,800	—	—	1 insurers
MULTICARE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	WA	$64,500	$25,800	—	—	3 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$64,500	$25,800	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$64,500	$25,800	—	—	2 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$64,500	$25,800	—	—	1 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$64,500	$25,800	—	—	1 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$43,725	$25,798	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$31,258	$25,007	$18,397	$18,397	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$60,390	$30,195	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$71,032	$24,861	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$71,032	$24,861	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$58,560	$24,595	$35,136	$49,776	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$58,560	$24,595	$8,784	$49,776	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$58,560	$24,595	$35,136	$49,776	3 insurers