HCPCS J3357 · 899 hospitals reporting

J3357

The same procedure costs $1,223 at one hospital and $151,988 at another — a 124× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $32,179.

Cheapest published

$1,223

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

Median across 899 hospitals

$32,179

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

Most expensive

$151,988

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

Price distribution

248 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
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$80,111	$32,179	$33,647	$72,901	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$80,111	$32,179	$155	$72,901	0 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$80,111	$32,179	$33,647	$72,901	0 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$80,111	$32,179	$155	$72,901	0 insurers
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$103,519	$31,056	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$38,816	$31,052	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$77,135	$30,854	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$77,135	$30,854	—	—	0 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$61,228	$33,675	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$61,228	$33,675	—	—	0 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$80,111	$33,990	$58,481	$72,901	0 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$80,111	$33,990	$146	$72,901	0 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$57,402	$34,441	$180	$51,662	0 insurers
SAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$39,776	$29,832	—	—	0 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$40,790	$34,672	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$60,477	$29,634	$34,472	$59,268	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$60,477	$29,634	$153	$59,268	0 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PROCTOR HOSPITAL	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PEKIN HOSPITAL	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE HEALTH METHODIST HOSPITAL	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE RICHLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$34,894	$34,894	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$80,111	$29,359	$72,901	$72,901	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$80,111	$29,359	$148	$72,901	0 insurers
WELIA HEALTH	MN	$50,154	$35,108	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$58,303	$29,152	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$60,477	$29,029	$36,286	$59,268	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$60,477	$29,029	$153	$59,268	0 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$35,647	$171	$35,647	0 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$35,748	$35,748	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$80,111	$28,586	$72,901	$72,901	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$80,111	$28,586	$141	$72,901	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN	FL	$51,760	$28,468	$180	$46,584	0 insurers
SANFORD JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$45,012	$36,009	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$45,012	$36,009	—	—	0 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$45,941	$27,564	—	—	0 insurers