HCPCS L0120 · 809 hospitals reporting

Cervical; flexible; non-adjustable; prefabricated; off-the-shelf (foam collar)

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $536 at another — a 11× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $117.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 809 hospitals

$117

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

Most expensive

$536

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

Price distribution

146 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
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	OH	$180	$117	—	—	0 insurers
DOCTORS HOSPITAL	OH	$180	$117	—	—	0 insurers
GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OH	$180	$117	—	—	0 insurers
OHIOHEALTH SHELBY HOSPITAL	OH	$180	$117	—	—	0 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$167	$117	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$167	$117	—	—	5 insurers
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL	MI	$158	$119	—	—	0 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$184	$125	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$130	$130	—	—	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$290	$131	$74.38	$281	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$257	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL	IL	$183	$132	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL INC	IL	$183	$132	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$191	$134	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$167	$100	—	—	5 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL	MI	$114	$96.9	—	—	3 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$276	$138	$34.57	$268	5 insurers
MIZELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$102	$91.5	—	—	2 insurers
NORTHWEST SURGICAL HOSPITAL	OK	$32	$91.5	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$204	$143	$0	$184	4 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$204	$143	$0	$184	3 insurers
UCSF HEALTH SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL	CA	$212	$148	$30.55	$212	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$84	$84	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$84	$84	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$84	$84	—	—	5 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$140	$83.73	$68.38	$112	5 insurers
ST JOHNS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$119	$83.3	$28.56	$117	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$216	$82.52	$121	$171	4 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$216	$82.52	$26.33	$216	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$100	$80	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$100	$80	—	—	2 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$100	$80	—	—	3 insurers