CPT 27818 · 1,520 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $116 at one hospital and $29,827 at another — a 258× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,317.

Cheapest published

$116

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

Median across 1,520 hospitals

$1,317

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

Most expensive

$29,827

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

Price distribution

500 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
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,646	$1,317	—	—	0 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,646	$1,317	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
UH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS - ELYRIA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AHUJA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$1,747	$1,310	—	—	0 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,308	$1,147	$3,350	0 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,308	$946	$2,857	0 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$1,308	$959	$2,857	0 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,896	$1,327	—	—	0 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,896	$1,327	—	—	0 insurers
MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL	HI	$1,897	$1,328	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD MAYVILLE	ND	$1,662	$1,330	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD HILLSBORO	ND	$1,662	$1,330	—	—	0 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$1,301	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$1,301	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$1,301	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$1,301	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$1,301	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$1,301	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$1,301	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,300	$1,300	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,300	$1,300	—	—	0 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,299	$1,299	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,594	$1,297	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$2,229	$1,337	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$2,229	$1,338	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,159	$1,295	$1,187	$8,427	0 insurers
MARLETTE REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,341	$1,341	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,692	$1,346	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CANYON MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,685	$1,348	—	—	0 insurers
PAMPA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$7,113	$1,351	$641	$5,690	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,931	$1,352	—	—	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,254	$1,352	—	—	0 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$1,992	$1,355	—	—	0 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$1,355	$1,355	—	—	0 insurers