HCPCS J2540 · 1,163 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.15 at one hospital and $778 at another — a 16× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $86.48.

Cheapest published

$50.15

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

Median across 1,163 hospitals

$86.48

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

Most expensive

$778

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

Price distribution

249 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
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$103	$86.48	$92.92	$101	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$103	$86.48	$62.8	$139	5 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$108	$86.11	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$86.9	$86.9	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$125	$87.43	$0	$112	4 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$125	$87.5	$1.83	$125	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$103	$87.51	$92.92	$101	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$103	$87.51	$22.06	$117	5 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$176	$85.36	$44	$139	5 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$176	$85.36	$1.06	$139	5 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$85	$85	$10	$105	0 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$220	$88	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$148	$88.57	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - NORTH LAS VEGAS	NV	$359	$88.68	$190	$293	2 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - NORTH LAS VEGAS	NV	$359	$88.68	$0.77	$293	5 insurers
HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL	FL	$88.7	$88.7	$0.76	$0.76	1 insurers
SANFORD CANBY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$105	$83.89	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$128	$89.6	$0.58	$101	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$82.5	$82.5	—	—	4 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$82.5	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers
KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	KS	$137	$82.41	—	—	5 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	$359	$82.22	$190	$293	2 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	$359	$82.22	$0.77	$293	5 insurers
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$359	$82.22	$190	$293	2 insurers
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$359	$82.22	$0.77	$293	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$234	$81.87	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$234	$81.87	—	—	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$148	$80.66	$114	$145	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$148	$80.66	$0.93	$145	5 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$113	$78.97	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$105	$78.91	—	—	0 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$194	$77.6	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$96	$52.8	$96	5 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$191	$76.33	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$191	$76.33	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$191	$76.33	—	—	5 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$191	$76.33	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$191	$76.33	—	—	5 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$191	$76.33	—	—	5 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$191	$76.33	—	—	5 insurers