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
$3,129 median · $881–$7,609
236% of Medicare52 hospitals
● 12 verified ⚠ 16
Major joint replacement (hip/knee), no MCCMS-DRG 470
$37,055 median · $11,313–$45,569
267% of Medicare22 hospitals
● reported ⚠ 4
MRI brain with and without contrastCPT 70553
$1,287 median · $453–$5,475
320% of Medicare70 hospitals
● 20 verified ⚠ 2
Cesarean section, no CC/MCCMS-DRG 788
$15,806 median · $7,383–$21,865
no benchmark22 hospitals
● 2 verified
ED visit, level 4CPT 99284
$1,170 median · $336–$2,871
262% of Medicare71 hospitals
● 39 verified ⚠ 9
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrastCPT 74177
$1,362 median · $427–$9,144
351% of Medicare75 hospitals
● 33 verified ⚠ 2

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 270% of MedicareCategory page →
Clinic9 proceduresCategory page →
Emergency3 procedures · median 262% of MedicareCategory page →
GI6 procedures · median 247% of MedicareCategory page →
General surgery7 procedures · median 254% of MedicareCategory page →
Gynecology1 procedure · median 233% of MedicareCategory page →
Imaging13 procedures · median 321% of MedicareCategory page →
Lab16 procedures · median 380% of MedicareCategory page →
Maternity7 proceduresCategory page →
Medicine5 procedures · median 263% of MedicareCategory page →
Mental health6 procedures · median 196% of MedicareCategory page →
Neurology2 procedures · median 318% of MedicareCategory page →
Ophthalmology2 procedures · median 263% of MedicareCategory page →
Orthopedics9 procedures · median 274% of MedicareCategory page →
Pain3 procedures · median 255% of MedicareCategory page →
Pulmonology3 procedures · median 296% of MedicareCategory page →
Therapy1 procedureCategory page →
Urology2 procedures · median 224% 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 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 →