CPT 27238 · 1,094 hospitals reporting

27238

The same procedure costs $56.55 at one hospital and $10,631 at another — a 188× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,052.

Cheapest published

$56.55

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

Median across 1,094 hospitals

$1,052

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

Most expensive

$10,631

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

Price distribution

306 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
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,686	$1,048	—	—	0 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$1,242	$1,056	—	—	0 insurers
ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL MANHATTAN, INC	KS	$2,595	$1,038	—	—	0 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$1,026	$1,026	—	—	0 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,022	$1,022	—	—	0 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$2,712	$1,085	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,035	$1,018	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$3,064	$1,093	$2,788	$2,788	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$3,064	$1,093	$438	$2,900	0 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$1,340	$1,005	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$919	$8,427	0 insurers
CLEVELAND AREA HOSPITAL	OK	$1,111	$1,111	—	—	0 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,112	$1,112	—	—	0 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$1,990	$1,114	—	—	0 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$1,126	—	—	0 insurers
WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,287	$965	—	—	0 insurers
NEOSHO MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$1,287	$965	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,425	$1,140	—	—	0 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,425	$1,140	—	—	0 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,425	$1,140	—	—	0 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,425	$1,140	—	—	0 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$1,820	$946	—	—	0 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	0 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,864	$932	—	—	0 insurers