CPT 38221 · 1,421 hospitals reporting

38221

The same procedure costs $66 at one hospital and $30,124 at another — a 456× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,300.

Cheapest published

$66

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

Median across 1,421 hospitals

$1,300

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

Most expensive

$30,124

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
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$2,600	$1,300	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,758	$1,299	$2,510	$2,510	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,758	$1,299	$648	$5,489	0 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$2,891	$1,301	$2,313	$2,457	0 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$2,891	$1,301	$225	$10,835	0 insurers
COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	GA	$1,923	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$2,582	$1,291	$1,601	$2,066	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$2,582	$1,291	$134	$6,169	0 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,782	$1,286	—	—	0 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,782	$1,286	—	—	0 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$2,140	$1,284	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$1,652	$1,322	—	—	0 insurers
GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$1,652	$1,322	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$1,652	$1,322	—	—	0 insurers
BLESSING HOSPITAL	IL	$2,210	$1,326	—	—	0 insurers
ILLINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,210	$1,326	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$3,331	$1,332	—	—	0 insurers
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$1,671	$1,337	—	—	0 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$2,790	$1,256	$716	$2,706	0 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,500	$1,250	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$2,466	$1,356	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$2,676	$1,357	$2,408	$2,622	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$2,676	$1,357	$311	$5,310	0 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$2,130	$1,235	$1,278	$2,002	0 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$2,130	$1,235	$937	$2,002	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,277	$1,366	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,464	$1,232	$429	$3,210	0 insurers
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY	NY	$1,370	$1,370	$48.46	$516	0 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$1,749	$1,224	$279	$3,783	0 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$2,437	$1,219	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,613	$1,210	—	—	0 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$1,613	$1,210	—	—	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$3,015	$1,206	—	—	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,015	$1,206	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$2,400	$1,200	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,500	$1,400	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,500	$1,400	—	—	0 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$1,711	$1,198	—	—	0 insurers
HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL	MI	$1,871	$1,403	$2,419	$5,717	0 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$3,526	$1,410	—	—	0 insurers