CPT 23505 · 1,217 hospitals reporting

23505

The same procedure costs $103 at one hospital and $11,629 at another — a 113× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,412.

Cheapest published

$103

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

Median across 1,217 hospitals

$1,412

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

Most expensive

$11,629

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

Price distribution

444 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
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,363	$1,418	—	—	0 insurers
WILLAPA HARBOR HOSPITAL	WA	$2,008	$1,406	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,500	$1,400	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,500	$1,400	—	—	0 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$2,792	$1,396	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$2,792	$1,396	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER ABERDEEN	SD	$1,745	$1,396	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$2,229	$1,396	$474	$474	0 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$1,743	$1,394	—	—	0 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$2,750	$1,430	—	—	0 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,750	$1,430	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$2,750	$1,430	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$2,750	$1,430	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,750	$1,430	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$2,750	$1,430	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,990	$1,393	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,740	$1,392	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$1,740	$1,392	—	—	0 insurers
DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,046	$1,432	—	—	0 insurers
BROADDUS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	WV	$2,046	$1,432	—	—	0 insurers
WEBSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,046	$1,432	—	—	0 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$3,581	$1,432	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,940	$1,455	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,635	$1,357	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$1,836	$1,469	—	—	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,254	$1,352	—	—	0 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,683	$1,473	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES	ND	$3,683	$1,473	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$3,683	$1,473	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$1,681	$1,345	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,793	$1,345	—	—	0 insurers