CPT 46050 · 1,599 hospitals reporting

46050

The same procedure costs $55 at one hospital and $18,244 at another — a 332× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,020.

Cheapest published

$55

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

Median across 1,599 hospitals

$1,020

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

Most expensive

$18,244

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 SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$2,040	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$1,700	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
RUSSELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KS	$1,195	$1,016	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$2,851	$1,011	$215	$11,737	0 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,579	$1,032	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,290	$1,032	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,290	$1,032	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL THOUSAND OAKS	TX	$1,258	$1,006	—	—	0 insurers
WESTOVER HILLS BAPTIST HOSPITAL	TX	$1,258	$1,006	—	—	0 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$2,011	$1,006	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$919	$8,427	0 insurers
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,598	$1,038	—	—	0 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$2,852	$1,040	$256	$5,587	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,951	$1,040	$1,463	$1,853	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,951	$1,040	$776	$3,529	0 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$1,720	$998	—	—	0 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$2,847	$996	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$9,234	$991	$112	$9,234	0 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,753	$1,052	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$987	$987	—	—	0 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,175	$1,057	$449	$1,175	0 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,728	$1,064	—	—	0 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,134	$1,067	—	—	0 insurers
GENEVA GENERAL HOSPITAL	NY	$2,431	$973	—	—	0 insurers
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF YATES	NY	$2,431	$973	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$2,138	$1,069	—	—	0 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,138	$1,069	—	—	0 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,138	$1,069	—	—	0 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$2,401	$969	—	—	0 insurers
PIONEER MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,071	$1,071	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$3,586	$1,076	—	—	0 insurers