HCPCS C5271 · 718 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $78.77 at one hospital and $11,950 at another — a 152× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $859.

Cheapest published

$78.77

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

Median across 718 hospitals

$859

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

Most expensive

$11,950

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

Price distribution

306 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
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$2,133	$861	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,558	$857	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$862	$1,492	$1,492	1 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$2,158	$863	—	—	4 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,664	$865	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$1,020	$867	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$2,050	$867	$1,333	$1,333	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$2,050	$867	$0.65	$2,204	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$1,664	$849	—	—	5 insurers
SEVIER COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,453	$872	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,761	$881	—	—	0 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$2,236	$894	—	—	5 insurers
OCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$1,284	$822	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$1,367	$820	—	—	2 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$1,472	$810	—	—	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$2,282	$913	—	—	3 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$2,282	$913	—	—	2 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$2,282	$913	—	—	2 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$2,282	$913	—	—	2 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,282	$913	—	—	2 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$1,388	$916	—	—	5 insurers
OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,985	$794	—	—	2 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$1,982	$793	—	—	1 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$2,414	$787	—	—	0 insurers
NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL	MN	$2,226	$931	—	—	5 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$1,176	$776	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,176	$776	—	—	5 insurers
PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,465	$766	$439	$1,465	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,352	$766	$705	$2,352	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,352	$766	$705	$2,352	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,352	$766	$15.75	$2,352	5 insurers
SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$4,010	$766	$717	$4,010	5 insurers
SHERMAN OAKS HOSPITAL	CA	$2,341	$766	$15.75	$2,341	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$1,615	$761	$1,470	$1,470	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$1,615	$761	$379	$1,538	5 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL REG MED CTR	MS	$1,808	$759	—	—	4 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL HEALTH	ND	$1,808	$759	—	—	4 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$840	$756	$0	$840	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$1,868	$747	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$1,868	$747	—	—	5 insurers