HCPCS J0133 · 1,202 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.14 at one hospital and $638 at another — a 13× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $86.7.

Cheapest published

$50.14

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

Median across 1,202 hospitals

$86.7

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

Most expensive

$638

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

Price distribution

259 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
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$102	$86.7	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$102	$86.7	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$174	$87	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$176	$87.89	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOHNS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$126	$88.2	$0.07	$126	5 insurers
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$84.88	$84.88	—	—	1 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$99.5	$84.58	$89.8	$97.51	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$99.5	$84.58	$21.32	$113	5 insurers
DALE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$127	$88.89	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$99.5	$83.58	$89.8	$97.51	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$99.5	$83.58	$60.7	$135	5 insurers
D W MCMILLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$150	$90	—	—	3 insurers
ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$150	$90	—	—	3 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$152	$83.38	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$152	$83.38	—	—	5 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$166	$82.88	—	—	5 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$294	$91.14	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WI	$167	$91.85	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$132	$92.4	$0.14	$132	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$80	$80	—	—	0 insurers
SAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$125	$93.93	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL	CA	$135	$94.5	$0.08	$135	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$128	$94.98	$109	$124	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$128	$94.98	$0.05	$124	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$142	$78.21	—	—	2 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$142	$78.21	—	—	2 insurers
UCSF HEALTH SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL	CA	$111	$77.7	$0.08	$111	5 insurers
TMC- BONHAM HOSPITAL	TX	$319	$95.7	—	—	4 insurers
OCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$152	$97.54	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$399	$75.81	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$130	$97.65	—	—	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$75.6	$75.6	—	—	4 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$199	$99.54	$79.63	$149	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$199	$99.54	$79.63	$149	4 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$100	$100	$8	$124	0 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$101	$55.55	$101	5 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers