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
$4,086 median · $766–$8,787
322% of Medicare64 hospitals
● 17 verified ⚠ 22
Major joint replacement (hip/knee), no MCCMS-DRG 470
$30,509 median · $10,075–$47,451
236% of Medicare62 hospitals
● reported ⚠ 1
MRI brain with and without contrastCPT 70553
$1,198 median · $272–$5,411
336% of Medicare103 hospitals
● 27 verified
Cesarean section, no CC/MCCMS-DRG 788
$14,961 median · $3,000–$23,970
no benchmark61 hospitals
● 5 verified
ED visit, level 4CPT 99284
$1,509 median · $270–$17,926
342% of Medicare69 hospitals
● 18 verified ⚠ 23
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrastCPT 74177
$1,088 median · $278–$6,247
300% of Medicare102 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 247% of MedicareCategory page →
Clinic9 proceduresCategory page →
Emergency3 procedures · median 336% of MedicareCategory page →
GI6 procedures · median 301% of MedicareCategory page →
General surgery7 procedures · median 242% of MedicareCategory page →
Gynecology1 procedure · median 194% of MedicareCategory page →
Imaging13 procedures · median 332% of MedicareCategory page →
Lab16 procedures · median 290% of MedicareCategory page →
Maternity7 proceduresCategory page →
Medicine5 procedures · median 250% of MedicareCategory page →
Mental health6 procedures · median 138% of MedicareCategory page →
Neurology2 procedures · median 278% of MedicareCategory page →
Ophthalmology2 procedures · median 270% of MedicareCategory page →
Orthopedics9 procedures · median 238% of MedicareCategory page →
Pain3 procedures · median 253% of MedicareCategory page →
Pulmonology3 procedures · median 251% of MedicareCategory page →
Therapy1 procedureCategory page →
Urology2 procedures · median 267% 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 September 15–16, 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 →