CPT 31654 · 950 hospitals reporting

Exam of lung airways with diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on growths using an endoscope and ultr

The same procedure costs $61.5 at one hospital and $23,650 at another — a 385× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $967.

Cheapest published

$61.5

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

Median across 950 hospitals

$967

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

Most expensive

$23,650

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

Price distribution

288 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$2,763	$967	$895	$2,487	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,298	$965	$1,379	$1,953	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,298	$965	$126	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,298	$965	$1,379	$1,953	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,298	$965	$126	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,298	$965	$1,379	$1,953	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,298	$965	$126	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,298	$965	$1,379	$1,953	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,298	$965	$126	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,298	$965	$1,379	$1,953	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,298	$965	$126	$3,259	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$3,766	$942	—	—	2 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$4,096	$1,024	—	—	2 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$1,742	$1,028	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,742	$906	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$1,742	$889	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH - FORT SMITH	AR	$4,218	$1,054	—	—	2 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,463	$862	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,463	$862	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$2,730	$1,092	—	—	0 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$2,225	$1,112	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,328	$1,116	$1,199	$1,301	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,328	$1,116	$810	$1,798	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$1,342	$805	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,328	$1,129	$1,199	$1,301	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,328	$1,129	$284	$1,504	5 insurers