HCPCS C8936 · 740 hospitals reporting

Mra, w/o&w/dye, upper extr

The same procedure costs $328 at one hospital and $10,117 at another — a 31× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,623.

Cheapest published

$328

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 740 hospitals

$1,623

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

Most expensive

$10,117

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).

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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
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$2,025	$1,620	—	—	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$4,065	$1,626	—	—	1 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$2,344	$1,641	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$2,344	$1,641	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LUFKIN	TX	$4,583	$1,604	$314	$4,125	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LIVINGSTON	TX	$4,583	$1,604	$314	$4,125	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$5,418	$1,648	$3,901	$4,063	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$5,418	$1,648	$405	$4,063	5 insurers
COX BARTON COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$5,166	$1,648	—	—	4 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,972	$1,589	—	—	5 insurers
COX MONETT HOSPITAL	MO	$5,166	$1,576	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$5,418	$1,562	$3,901	$4,063	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$5,418	$1,562	$405	$4,063	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,736	$324	$3,063	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,736	$324	$2,624	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$1,736	$324	$2,715	5 insurers
PETERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,100	$1,470	—	—	5 insurers
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$7,489	$1,468	—	—	0 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$7,689	$1,461	—	—	5 insurers
DOCTORS HOSPITAL	OH	$2,242	$1,457	—	—	0 insurers
GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OH	$2,242	$1,457	—	—	0 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,067	$1,840	$349	$2,668	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,067	$1,840	$349	$2,668	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,067	$1,840	$349	$2,668	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$3,067	$1,840	$349	$2,668	5 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$3,086	$1,852	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,328	$1,862	—	—	3 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,328	$1,862	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,328	$1,862	—	—	5 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$2,282	$1,940	—	—	5 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTERS	MO	$5,166	$1,302	—	—	5 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTER BRANSON	MO	$5,166	$1,302	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$9,840	$1,968	—	—	5 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	OH	$1,941	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$2,991	$1,196	—	—	5 insurers
BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$2,991	$1,196	—	—	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$3,156	$2,051	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$5,154	$2,062	—	—	2 insurers
CHI ST VINCENT MORRILTON	AR	$4,542	$1,157	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST VINCENT MORRILTON	AR	$4,542	$1,157	$498	$3,906	5 insurers