CPT 28455 · 1,060 hospitals reporting

28455

The same procedure costs $74.52 at one hospital and $10,631 at another — a 143× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,114.

Cheapest published

$74.52

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

Median across 1,060 hospitals

$1,114

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

254 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
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
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$2,224	$1,112	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$2,224	$1,112	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,262	$1,142	$1,402	$3,790	0 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,638	$1,147	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,070	$1,070	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,192	$1,192	—	—	0 insurers
OPTIM MEDICAL CENTER - TATTNALL	GA	$1,033	$1,033	$134	$523	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,000	$1,200	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,000	$1,200	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$109	$8,427	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,496	$1,248	—	—	0 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$972	$972	$1,061	$4,142	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,515	$1,258	—	—	0 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$2,518	$1,259	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$2,518	$1,259	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$4,283	$1,285	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,159	$1,295	$109	$8,427	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$1,635	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers