CPT 44960 · 867 hospitals reporting

44960

The same procedure costs $129 at one hospital and $53,118 at another — a 411× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,150.

Cheapest published

$129

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

Median across 867 hospitals

$2,150

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

Most expensive

$53,118

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

Price distribution

150 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
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,687	$2,150	—	—	0 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$2,148	$2,148	—	—	0 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$3,633	$2,180	$1,635	$4,126	0 insurers
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA	AL	$5,082	$2,185	—	—	0 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,645	$2,223	—	—	0 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,233	$2,233	—	—	0 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,245	$2,021	—	—	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$2,851	$2,281	$831	$2,851	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$2,851	$2,281	$831	$2,851	0 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,483	$18,989	0 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$2,855	$2,284	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,363	$2,009	$2,133	$2,316	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,363	$2,009	$506	$2,675	0 insurers
CHICOT MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,997	$1,997	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,363	$1,985	$2,133	$2,316	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,363	$1,985	$1,441	$3,200	0 insurers
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,632	$2,316	—	—	0 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,942	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,438	$2,438	—	—	0 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,442	$2,442	—	—	0 insurers
GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,848	$1,848	—	—	0 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,282	$1,826	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,940	$1,820	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,940	$1,820	—	—	0 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,802	$687	$3,277	0 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,610	$2,527	—	—	0 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$1,748	$1,748	—	—	0 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$2,554	$2,554	—	—	0 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$2,554	$2,554	—	—	0 insurers