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Retrieval device for removing objects from the body

HCPCS C1773the billing code this page is about

Covers the cost of the snare or basket-type tool inserted to capture and remove a foreign body, clot, or fragment; this charge is for the device only.

Hospitals typically charge $438 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 193 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $520. Most fall between $250 and $1,078 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
193
States
37
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 193 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$112$266$438$968$2,071

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($112 vs $2,071).

How the prices are spread

$38 – $59: 14 hospitals$38$59 – $91: 1 hospitals$91 – $141: 8 hospitals$91$141 – $219: 5 hospitals$219 – $339: 22 hospitals$219$339 – $526: 60 hospitals$526 – $816: 21 hospitals$526$816 – $1,265: 28 hospitals$1,265 – $1,962: 11 hospitals$1,265$1,962 – $3,043: 13 hospitals$1,962median $438price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (183 of 193 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$38$5914
$59$911
$91$1418
$141$2195
$219$33922
$339$52660
$526$81621
$816$1,26528
$1,265$1,96211
$1,962$3,04313

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $438.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWIMichigan: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIAIndiana: median $536 across 23 hospitalsIN$536Ohio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: median $340 across 22 hospitalsUT$340Colorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $250 across 32 hospitalsTX$250Florida: median $38 across 18 hospitalsFL$38
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $438. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Indiana IN23$536+23%$444 – $1,379
Utah UT22$340−22%$340 – $438
Texas TX32$250−43%$250 – $968
Florida FL18$38−91%$38 – $513
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $438.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care161$438$250 – $1,078
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access26$507$340 – $1,148
Ownership
For-profit33$636$340 – $1,500
Government22$489$112 – $1,589
Non-profit137$438$250 – $968
System affiliation
Part of a system163$438$250 – $1,078
Independent30$536$313 – $1,024

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$886
Median cash price$438
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

140 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $408 and the average of the middle 60% is $501; most fall between $250 and $968.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 140 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$112$250$408$857$1,156

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($112 vs $1,156).

Of the 158 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 140 gave a usable cash price; 4 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

193 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 211 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted193
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here4
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code211

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Onocor Retrieval System 12f Retrieval Catheter With Peel Away Sheath.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Retrieval device for removing objects from the body (CPT C1773) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-c1773-retrieval-device-for-removing-objects-from-the-body