HCPCS J3475 · 1,431 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $466 at another — a 9× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $87.73.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,431 hospitals

$87.73

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

Most expensive

$466

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

Price distribution

174 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
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND	NJ	$87.66	$87.67	—	—	5 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER MULLICA HILL	NJ	$87.66	$87.67	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$87.8	$87.8	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$87.8	$87.8	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$87.8	$87.8	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$87.8	$87.8	—	—	5 insurers
BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL	PA	$217	$86.8	—	—	0 insurers
PAOLI HOSPITAL	PA	$217	$86.8	—	—	0 insurers
MAIN LINE HOSPITAL LANKENAU	PA	$217	$86.8	—	—	0 insurers
RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$217	$86.8	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$143	$88.81	—	—	5 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$86.61	$86.61	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$86.61	$86.61	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$86.61	$86.61	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$86.61	$86.61	—	—	5 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$144	$86.32	—	—	1 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$107	$85.65	—	—	5 insurers
WILLAPA HARBOR HOSPITAL	WA	$122	$85.37	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$85	$46.75	$85	5 insurers
GRANVILLE HEALTH SYSTEMS	NC	$114	$90.86	—	—	0 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
HUNT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$130	$84.49	—	—	0 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$229	$91.6	—	—	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$229	$91.6	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MAYVILLE	ND	$115	$91.76	—	—	5 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
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$139	$83.52	—	—	5 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$184	$92.2	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$184	$92.2	—	—	0 insurers
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$83	$83	$2	$88	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SEBRING	FL	$155	$92.74	$0	$139	5 insurers
BURKE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$116	$82.65	—	—	5 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$118	$82.42	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	PA	$102	$81.8	—	—	5 insurers
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$203	$81.13	—	—	1 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$292	$95.24	—	—	0 insurers
BURGESS HEALTH CENTER	IA	$80	$80	$13	$292	0 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$99.36	$79.49	—	—	5 insurers