HCPCS Q2009 · 1,129 hospitals reporting

Q2009

The same procedure costs $50.59 at one hospital and $965 at another — a 19× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $106.

Cheapest published

$50.59

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

Median across 1,129 hospitals

$106

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

Most expensive

$965

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

Price distribution

284 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
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$273	$107	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW DEKALB HOSPITAL	IN	$213	$106	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL	IN	$213	$106	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WHITLEY HOSPITAL	IN	$213	$106	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW NOBLE HOSPITAL	IN	$213	$106	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL, INC	IN	$213	$106	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW LAGRANGE HOSPITAL	IN	$213	$106	—	—	0 insurers
MAGEE GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$306	$106	—	—	0 insurers
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$104	$104	—	—	0 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$115	$109	—	—	0 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$277	$111	—	—	0 insurers
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$185	$111	—	—	0 insurers
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$185	$111	—	—	0 insurers
TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$185	$111	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT FRANCIS BARTLETT MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$148	$111	—	—	0 insurers
BECKLEY ARH HOSPITAL	WV	$185	$111	—	—	0 insurers
HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL	FL	$173	$112	—	—	0 insurers
WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL	FL	$173	$112	—	—	0 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$226	$113	—	—	0 insurers
UNION GENERAL HOSPITAL	GA	$228	$114	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$285	$114	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$285	$114	—	—	0 insurers
STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$96.5	$96.5	—	—	0 insurers
CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL	GA	$190	$95.2	—	—	0 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$145	$94.55	—	—	0 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$145	$94.55	—	—	0 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$189	$94.35	$75.48	$142	0 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$189	$94.35	$75.48	$142	0 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$94	$94	—	—	0 insurers
FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NE	$120	$120	—	—	0 insurers
ARKANSAS METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$183	$91.5	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$180	$91.26	$144	$176	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$180	$91.26	$4.18	$176	0 insurers
UCHEALTH YAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$101	$90.81	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$185	$90.6	$105	$181	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$185	$90.6	$2.48	$181	0 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$226	$90.4	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL	WA	$146	$90.27	$99.23	$99.23	0 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$225	$90	—	—	0 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$225	$90	—	—	0 insurers