CPT 32551 · 1,714 hospitals reporting

32551

The same procedure costs $89.9 at one hospital and $16,381 at another — a 182× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,144.

Cheapest published

$89.9

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

Median across 1,714 hospitals

$1,144

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

Most expensive

$16,381

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
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,185	$1,092	$262	$3,292	0 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HUGULEY HOSPITAL FORT WORTH SOUTH	TX	$2,185	$1,092	$262	$3,292	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,185	$1,092	$262	$3,292	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,185	$1,092	$262	$3,292	0 insurers
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MA	$1,080	$1,080	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,344	$1,075	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD TRACY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,344	$1,075	—	—	0 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$1,419	$1,064	—	—	0 insurers
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,637	$1,064	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,759	$1,055	—	—	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,914	$1,053	—	—	0 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$2,627	$1,051	—	—	0 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,903	$1,047	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,903	$1,047	—	—	0 insurers
KAHUKU MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$1,606	$1,044	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD USD MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$1,303	$1,042	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$1,303	$1,042	—	—	0 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,040	$1,040	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,040	$1,040	—	—	0 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,290	$1,032	$516	$1,343	0 insurers
WYOMING COUNTY	NY	$2,577	$1,031	—	—	0 insurers
WYTHE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$2,577	$1,031	—	—	0 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$2,060	$1,030	—	—	0 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$2,053	$1,027	—	—	0 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$2,053	$1,027	—	—	0 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,561	$1,024	—	—	0 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$2,106	$1,021	$1,453	$1,664	0 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$2,106	$1,021	$149	$7,030	0 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,013	$131	$1,842	0 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,530	$1,012	—	—	0 insurers
NORTHERN COCHISE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	AZ	$1,677	$1,006	—	—	0 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$3,204	$993	—	—	0 insurers
ALLEGHANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,986	$993	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WI	$1,804	$992	—	—	0 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,238	$990	—	—	0 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,238	$990	—	—	0 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$1,450	$986	—	—	0 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$1,628	$977	$130	$1,931	0 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$1,951	$976	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$1,951	$976	—	—	0 insurers