How to read “% of Medicare”: Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. 300% means commercial plans pay triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →

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Colonoscopy with biopsyCPT 45380
$3,743 median · $803–$10,464
300% of Medicare133 hospitals
● 22 verified ⚠ 5
Major joint replacement (hip/knee), no MCCMS-DRG 470
$37,494 median · $10,729–$54,693
293% of Medicare115 hospitals
● 1 verified
MRI brain with and without contrastCPT 70553
$2,202 median · $267–$11,219
604% of Medicare164 hospitals
● 8 verified
Cesarean section, no CC/MCCMS-DRG 788
$15,854 median · $5,148–$23,859
no benchmark114 hospitals
● 25 verified
ED visit, level 4CPT 99284
$2,090 median · $407–$5,033
480% of Medicare144 hospitals
● 46 verified ⚠ 4
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrastCPT 74177
$2,040 median · $244–$13,553
560% of Medicare166 hospitals
● 37 verified ⚠ 1

Browse by category 107 procedures

Cardiology 12Clinic 9Emergency 3GI 6General surgery 7Gynecology 1Imaging 13Lab 16Maternity 7Medicine 5Mental health 6Neurology 2Ophthalmology 2Orthopedics 9Pain 3Pulmonology 3Therapy 1Urology 2
Cardiology12 procedures · median 281% of MedicareCategory page →
Clinic9 proceduresCategory page →
Emergency3 procedures · median 480% of MedicareCategory page →
GI6 procedures · median 298% of MedicareCategory page →
General surgery7 procedures · median 236% of MedicareCategory page →
Gynecology1 procedure · median 208% of MedicareCategory page →
Imaging13 procedures · median 588% of MedicareCategory page →
Lab16 procedures · median 902% of MedicareCategory page →
Maternity7 proceduresCategory page →
Medicine5 procedures · median 274% of MedicareCategory page →
Mental health6 procedures · median 106% of MedicareCategory page →
Neurology2 procedures · median 358% of MedicareCategory page →
Ophthalmology2 procedures · median 320% of MedicareCategory page →
Orthopedics9 procedures · median 278% of MedicareCategory page →
Pain3 procedures · median 295% of MedicareCategory page →
Pulmonology3 procedures · median 297% of MedicareCategory page →
Therapy1 procedureCategory page →
Urology2 procedures · median 150% of MedicareCategory page →
● Verified = hospitals publishing actual paid amounts (835-derived, n≥11); ● reported = negotiated rates from the standard file; ⚠ = data-flagged cells, shown but excluded from statistics.
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Rexroad Analytics · Data: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR 180, schema v3.0) retrieved October 6, 2026; Medicare benchmarks from CMS claims data and fee schedules; cost estimates from FY2026 CMS cost-report ratios, labeled as estimates. Not medical, legal, or benefits advice. Full methodology → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →