CPT 31633 · 950 hospitals reporting

Needle biopsy of lobe of lung using an endoscope; each additional lobe

The same procedure costs $61.5 at one hospital and $15,824 at another — a 257× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,004.

Cheapest published

$61.5

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

Median across 950 hospitals

$1,004

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

Most expensive

$15,824

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

Price distribution

281 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
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$1,980	$1,004	$1,782	$1,940	3 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$1,980	$1,004	$116	$6,357	5 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$1,437	$1,006	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,491	$996	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$2,491	$996	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$2,914	$1,020	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$3,926	$982	—	—	2 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,635	$981	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH - FORT SMITH	AR	$3,860	$965	—	—	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,226	$935	$1,336	$1,892	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,226	$935	$118	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,226	$935	$1,336	$1,892	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,226	$935	$118	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,226	$935	$1,336	$1,892	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,226	$935	$118	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,226	$935	$1,336	$1,892	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,226	$935	$118	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,226	$935	$1,336	$1,892	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,226	$935	$118	$3,489	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,507	$920	$1,755	$1,981	3 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,507	$920	$83.94	$6,060	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$2,253	$901	—	—	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$1,451	$885	—	—	0 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$2,207	$883	—	—	5 insurers
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH	CO	$1,244	$871	—	—	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$2,173	$869	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$2,173	$869	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$2,173	$869	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$2,173	$869	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,173	$869	—	—	3 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$4,551	$865	—	—	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,635	$1,145	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$2,955	$1,150	$325	$2,423	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$2,955	$1,150	$61.46	$8,006	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,955	$851	$2,216	$2,453	4 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,955	$851	$61.46	$7,809	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,382	$1,161	$1,247	$1,354	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,382	$1,161	$843	$1,872	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,112	$1,162	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$2,916	$1,166	—	—	0 insurers