HCPCS J3010 · 1,459 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $444 at another — a 9× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $86.86.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,459 hospitals

$86.86

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

Most expensive

$444

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

Price distribution

245 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
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$128	$86.86	$68.85	$121	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$128	$86.86	$41.51	$121	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$128	$86.86	$68.85	$121	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$128	$86.86	$41.51	$121	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$172	$86.2	—	—	5 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$215	$86	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$305	$87.82	$168	$228	4 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$305	$87.82	$152	$228	3 insurers
HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$88	$88	—	—	5 insurers
HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$88	$88	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$88.24	$88.24	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$88.52	$88.52	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$142	$84.96	—	—	0 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$88.91	$88.91	—	—	5 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$88.91	$88.91	—	—	5 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$89.24	$89.24	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$89.35	$89.35	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$89.35	$89.35	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$89.35	$89.35	—	—	5 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$89.35	$89.35	—	—	5 insurers
LORING HOSPITAL	IA	$89.65	$89.65	—	—	0 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$224	$89.7	—	—	2 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$239	$83.65	—	—	4 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$212	$82.86	—	—	1 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$117	$91.03	$60.84	$115	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$117	$91.03	$5.3	$115	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$117	$91.03	$60.84	$115	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$117	$91.03	$5.3	$115	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$91.1	$91.1	—	—	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$91.1	$91.1	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOHNS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$131	$91.7	$1.11	$131	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$91.75	$91.75	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$91.75	$91.75	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$91.75	$91.75	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$91.75	$91.75	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$305	$92.66	$168	$228	4 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$305	$92.66	$152	$228	3 insurers
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$81	$81	$1	$168	0 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$80	$80	—	—	0 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - HOPEWELL	NJ	$94	$94	—	—	5 insurers