HCPCS G0281 · 730 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $507 at another — a 10× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $78.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 730 hospitals

$78

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

Most expensive

$507

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

Price distribution

67 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
KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$78	$78	—	—	0 insurers
SAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$103	$77.25	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$78.9	$78.9	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$78.9	$78.9	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$78.9	$78.9	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$78.9	$78.9	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$78.9	$78.9	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$78.9	$78.9	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$78.9	$78.9	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$76	$76	—	—	4 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$76	$76	—	—	3 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$76	$76	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$150	$75	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$150	$75	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$150	$75	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$150	$75	—	—	5 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$73.21	$73.21	—	—	5 insurers
COX BARTON COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$225	$71.88	—	—	2 insurers
COX MONETT HOSPITAL	MO	$225	$68.73	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$66.84	$66.84	—	—	5 insurers
UP HEALTH SYSTEM PORTAGE	MI	$149	$89.3	—	—	0 insurers
DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$93	$65.1	—	—	5 insurers
BROADDUS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	WV	$93	$65.1	—	—	5 insurers
WEBSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$93	$65.1	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$64.14	$64.14	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$119	$95.2	—	—	5 insurers
MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL	HI	$83	$58.1	—	—	0 insurers
AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$142	$56.8	—	—	2 insurers
SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$142	$56.8	—	—	2 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTERS	MO	$225	$56.79	—	—	5 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTER BRANSON	MO	$225	$56.79	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$160	$56	$29.6	$80	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$160	$56	$29.6	$80	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$160	$56	$29.6	$80	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$160	$56	$29.6	$80	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$160	$56	$29.6	$80	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$160	$56	$29.6	$80	3 insurers
LANAI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$141	$55	—	—	1 insurers
KULA HOSPITAL	HI	$141	$55	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$77	$53.9	—	—	5 insurers