HCPCS Q9968 · 1,047 hospitals reporting

Visualization adjunct

The same procedure costs $51.48 at one hospital and $5,853 at another — a 114× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $758.

Cheapest published

$51.48

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

Median across 1,047 hospitals

$758

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

Most expensive

$5,853

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

Price distribution

477 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
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$758	$758	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$758	$758	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$758	$758	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$758	$758	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SIENA CAMPUS	NV	$3,390	$770	$610	$2,441	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SIENA CAMPUS	NV	$3,390	$770	$6.32	$2,441	5 insurers
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI	TN	$2,637	$773	—	—	0 insurers
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,572	$786	—	—	0 insurers
BETHESDA HOSPITAL EAST	FL	$1,213	$788	—	—	5 insurers
OCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$1,232	$788	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$719	$719	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$2,052	$718	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$1,794	$718	—	—	5 insurers
TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$2,562	$717	—	—	2 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,020	$714	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,020	$714	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$886	$709	$9.53	$886	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$886	$709	$9.53	$886	5 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,914	$813	$583	$2,535	5 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,914	$813	$0.68	$2,914	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,630	$815	—	—	3 insurers
PETERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,170	$819	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH YAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$774	$697	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT FRANCIS BARTLETT MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$927	$695	—	—	2 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SAN MARTIN CAMPUS	NV	$3,390	$695	$610	$2,441	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SAN MARTIN CAMPUS	NV	$3,390	$695	$6.32	$2,441	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$919	$689	—	—	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$919	$689	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$687	$7.47	$584	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$687	$3.99	$646	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$687	$3.99	$646	5 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$687	$7.47	$584	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$975	$829	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$975	$829	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$2,086	$834	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,086	$834	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,086	$834	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,086	$834	—	—	5 insurers
CENTENNIAL HILLS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,086	$834	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$2,086	$834	—	—	5 insurers