HCPCS J2792 · 821 hospitals reporting

J2792

The same procedure costs $51.6 at one hospital and $16,020 at another — a 310× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $867.

Cheapest published

$51.6

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

Median across 821 hospitals

$867

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

Most expensive

$16,020

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

Price distribution

175 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
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,444	$867	$173	$1,257	0 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,444	$867	$173	$1,257	0 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,444	$867	$173	$1,257	0 insurers
PARKVIEW DEKALB HOSPITAL	IN	$1,735	$867	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL	IN	$1,735	$867	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WHITLEY HOSPITAL	IN	$1,735	$867	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW NOBLE HOSPITAL	IN	$1,735	$867	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL, INC	IN	$1,735	$867	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW LAGRANGE HOSPITAL	IN	$1,735	$867	—	—	0 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,700	$850	—	—	0 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$977	$830	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LUFKIN	TX	$2,314	$810	$25.62	$2,083	0 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LIVINGSTON	TX	$2,314	$810	$25.62	$2,083	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$929	$929	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$2,045	$716	—	—	0 insurers
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$1,738	$695	—	—	0 insurers
PERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,732	$693	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$1,746	$1,047	—	—	0 insurers
BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER - DOWNTOWN CAMPUS	NY	$1,055	$1,055	—	—	0 insurers
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$1,070	$29.23	$13,423	0 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$1,070	$29.23	$13,424	0 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$1,070	$29.23	$10,175	0 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$1,070	$29.23	$13,423	0 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$1,689	$659	—	—	0 insurers
LANAI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$1,689	$659	—	—	0 insurers
KULA HOSPITAL	HI	$1,689	$659	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$1,689	$659	$32	$50	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$2,721	$1,088	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$2,721	$1,088	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,191	$1,095	—	—	0 insurers
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,397	$601	$279	$1,397	0 insurers
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,397	$601	$26.78	$1,118	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$1,689	$591	$23	$54	0 insurers