HCPCS C8905 · 827 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $165 at one hospital and $9,317 at another — a 56× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,581.

Cheapest published

$165

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

Median across 827 hospitals

$1,581

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

Most expensive

$9,317

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

Price distribution

269 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
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,977	$1,581	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$3,574	5 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$2,591	$1,555	$349	$2,591	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,221	$1,611	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,221	$1,611	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FORSYTH	GA	—	$1,542	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,750	$1,540	—	—	5 insurers
HAVASU REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$2,717	$1,630	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$5,467	$1,640	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$4,124	$1,650	—	—	4 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,879	$1,468	$2,130	$2,591	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,879	$1,468	$357	$2,591	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$2,229	$1,449	—	—	5 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$3,621	$1,448	—	—	4 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$3,436	$1,443	$2,062	$2,921	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$3,436	$1,443	$348	$2,921	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$2,062	$2,921	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$348	$2,921	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$2,062	$2,921	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$348	$2,921	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$2,062	$2,921	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$348	$2,921	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$2,062	$2,921	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$3,436	$1,443	$348	$2,921	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,456	$1,728	$2,143	$2,765	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,456	$1,728	$345	$2,938	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,686	$1,432	$2,015	$2,552	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,686	$1,432	$304	$2,579	5 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$2,888	$1,733	—	—	5 insurers
DOCTORS HOSPITAL	OH	$2,199	$1,429	—	—	0 insurers
GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OH	$2,199	$1,429	—	—	0 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,736	$324	$2,756	5 insurers