CPT 28160 · 1,122 hospitals reporting

28160

The same procedure costs $67.54 at one hospital and $24,185 at another — a 358× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,520.

Cheapest published

$67.54

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

Median across 1,122 hospitals

$1,520

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

Most expensive

$24,185

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

Price distribution

242 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
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,942	$1,569	$2,207	$2,795	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,942	$1,569	$1,912	$12,642	0 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	0 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,418	$1,451	$1,330	$8,427	0 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,478	$8,427	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$1,709	$1,367	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER BEACHES	FL	$8,842	$1,680	—	—	0 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$3,838	$1,343	$1	$5,747	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,704	$1,704	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,571	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,159	$1,295	$1,187	$8,427	0 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,273	$1,273	—	—	0 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$6,691	$1,781	—	—	0 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,063	$1,256	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,221	$1,866	$2,004	$2,177	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,221	$1,866	$1,355	$3,008	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,738	$1,869	$2,318	$2,990	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,738	$1,869	$517	$9,609	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,221	$1,888	$2,004	$2,177	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,221	$1,888	$476	$2,515	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,619	$1,133	—	—	0 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,732	$1,126	—	—	0 insurers
MIZELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$1,237	$1,113	—	—	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$3,212	$1,927	—	—	0 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$1,470	$1,103	—	—	0 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,721	$1,088	—	—	0 insurers