CPT 19287 · 1,121 hospitals reporting

Mre-mri breast loc 1st lesion

The same procedure costs $76.56 at one hospital and $18,448 at another — a 241× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,338.

Cheapest published

$76.56

2 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,121 hospitals

$1,338

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$18,448

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

362 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,340	$1,336	—	—	2 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,512	$1,340	$1,884	$2,386	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,512	$1,340	$599	$2,756	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$1,677	$1,342	$595	$1,677	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,677	$1,342	$595	$1,677	5 insurers
ST JOHNS HOSPITAL	IL	$1,873	$1,349	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL INC	IL	$1,873	$1,349	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL	IL	$1,873	$1,349	—	—	5 insurers
ST VINCENT HOSPITAL	WI	$1,873	$1,349	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$4,388	$1,316	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$1,597	$1,278	$119	$718	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,809	$1,266	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,809	$1,266	—	—	5 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$2,100	$1,260	—	—	0 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$2,816	$1,436	—	—	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,765	$1,235	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$1,765	$1,235	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$1,229	$1,229	—	—	2 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$1,223	$128	$1,500	3 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,440	$1,220	—	—	5 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,920	$1,460	—	—	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,659	$1,464	—	—	1 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,659	$1,464	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$3,659	$1,464	—	—	2 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,659	$1,464	—	—	1 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$2,816	$1,464	—	—	5 insurers
PARK NICOLLET METHODIST HOSPITAL	MN	—	$1,209	$1,209	$2,426	1 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$1,504	$1,203	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHLAND HILLS MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$2,380	$1,190	—	—	0 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$2,375	$1,188	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,733	$1,493	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$3,733	$1,493	—	—	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,475	$1,180	$717	$1,926	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$1,475	$1,180	$717	$1,926	5 insurers