HCPCS J2371 · 1,007 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $51.2 at one hospital and $407 at another — a 8× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $101.

Cheapest published

$51.2

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

Median across 1,007 hospitals

$101

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

Most expensive

$407

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

Price distribution

140 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
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$184	$100	$142	$180	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$184	$100	$90.16	$184	5 insurers
HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL	MI	$136	$102	$0.01	$93	3 insurers
EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL	CA	$104	$104	—	—	2 insurers
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$212	$106	—	—	0 insurers
HUNT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$163	$106	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WI	$174	$95.9	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$119	$95.17	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PROCTOR HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$107	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$107	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PEKIN HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$107	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE HEALTH METHODIST HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$107	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$107	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$107	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$107	$107	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE RICHLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$107	—	—	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$236	$94.4	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$163	$89.65	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$174	$113	—	—	0 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$174	$113	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH COTTAGE GROVE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$174	$113	—	—	5 insurers
PEACE HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$174	$113	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$174	$113	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$174	$113	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$174	$113	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$174	$113	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$160	$88	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$101	$85.73	$91.02	$98.84	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$101	$85.73	$21.61	$114	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD POLK MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$171	$85.33	—	—	5 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$114	$85.26	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$114	$85.26	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$101	$84.72	$91.02	$98.84	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$101	$84.72	$61.52	$137	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$277	$83.04	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$205	$82	—	—	5 insurers
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$134	$80.4	—	—	5 insurers
MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$134	$80.4	—	—	5 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$164	$123	—	—	0 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$307	$123	—	—	1 insurers