HCPCS C5277 · 527 hospitals reporting

Hc lc sgf f/n/g >=100sqcm 1st100

The same procedure costs $141 at one hospital and $7,112 at another — a 50× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $867.

Cheapest published

$141

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

Median across 527 hospitals

$867

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

Most expensive

$7,112

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

Price distribution

178 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).

Filter by state

Filter by your insurance

Sort

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
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
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$2,158	$863	—	—	4 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$862	$1,492	$1,492	1 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$2,133	$861	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$2,392	$854	$2,177	$2,177	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$2,392	$854	$342	$2,177	5 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
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$2,303	$921	—	—	4 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$2,303	$921	—	—	2 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$2,303	$921	—	—	2 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$2,303	$921	—	—	2 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,303	$921	—	—	2 insurers
NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL	MN	$2,226	$931	—	—	5 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$1,117	$782	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,351	$766	$705	$2,351	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,351	$766	$705	$2,351	5 insurers
SHERMAN OAKS HOSPITAL	CA	$2,107	$766	$632	$2,107	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
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,683	$757	—	—	3 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$2,903	$755	$348	$5,010	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$2,823	$988	$622	$1,729	3 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,482	$741	—	—	2 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$1,345	$1,009	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,803	$1,010	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$842	$716	—	—	0 insurers