Going in for a health care procedure can be costly, even if you have health insurance.

But those costs are often not consistent.

A new report from Trilliant Health looked at employer-sponsored health care plans and found "Insured patients across the country pay widely varying amounts for the same procedure."

"People should be upset about this," said Allison Oakes, Chief Research Officer for Trilliant Health. "And what we hope is that with this price transparency data, the healthcare system and market will actually be forced to compete on price."

In one example the report found the median negotiated rate for a hip replacement was just under $22,000.

But that ranges from about $13,000 at multiple medical centers in New Jersey over $100,000 at a facility in Washington state.

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