HCPCS L1902 · 696 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.84 at one hospital and $1,065 at another — a 21× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $82.89.

Cheapest published

$50.84

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

Median across 696 hospitals

$82.89

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

Most expensive

$1,065

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

Price distribution

189 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
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$82.89	$82.89	—	—	2 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$186	$83.7	$47.7	$180	5 insurers
KITTSON HEALTHCARE	MN	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$203	$81.2	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$203	$81.2	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$115	$80.5	$44.85	$105	5 insurers
ST LUKE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	MT	$100	$80.04	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$191	$80.01	$114	$162	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$191	$80.01	$28.58	$195	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$191	$80.01	$114	$162	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$191	$80.01	$32.39	$195	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$191	$80.01	$114	$162	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$191	$80.01	$26.67	$195	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$191	$80.01	$114	$162	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$191	$80.01	$34.29	$195	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$191	$80.01	$114	$162	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$191	$80.01	$30.48	$195	5 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$86	$86	$38	$108	0 insurers
RANGELY DISTRICT HOSPITAL	CO	$120	$78.12	—	—	1 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$231	$77	—	—	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH OCALA	FL	$231	$77	—	—	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SEBRING	FL	$231	$77	—	—	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$231	$77	—	—	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH DADE CITY	FL	$231	$77	—	—	0 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$110	$77	$43.88	$214	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$163	$76.61	—	—	2 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER - MARYVILLE	MO	$88.86	$75.54	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$75	$75	—	—	5 insurers
KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$74	$74	—	—	0 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$72.83	$72.83	—	—	2 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$186	$93	$32.4	$189	5 insurers
MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL	HI	$103	$72.1	—	—	1 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$90	$72	—	—	5 insurers
UCSF HEALTH ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL	CA	$134	$93.8	$29.48	$134	5 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$101	$70.7	—	—	1 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$122	$70.64	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$154	$95.36	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CANBY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$120	$96	—	—	5 insurers
KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER-BROOKHAVEN	MS	$227	$68.1	—	—	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$180	$98.1	$45	$176	5 insurers