CPT 36014 · 1,070 hospitals reporting

Insertion of tube into left or right pulmonary artery

The same procedure costs $59.4 at one hospital and $16,263 at another — a 274× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,045.

Cheapest published

$59.4

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

Median across 1,070 hospitals

$1,045

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

Most expensive

$16,263

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

Price distribution

500 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
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$2,869	$1,004	—	—	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,957	$1,085	$2,070	$2,336	3 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,957	$1,085	$112	$5,592	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,465	$986	—	—	2 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$1,920	$960	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$1,415	$1,132	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,415	$1,132	—	—	3 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,415	$1,132	—	—	3 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,893	$1,134	$781	$2,835	5 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,893	$1,134	$112	$5,432	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$1,834	$1,136	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$1,834	$1,136	—	—	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,384	$954	—	—	0 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$1,897	$1,138	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,900	$950	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$1,206	$1,145	—	—	0 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$2,859	$1,146	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$2,867	$1,147	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$2,867	$1,147	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$2,855	$942	$286	$4,989	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$1,353	$1,150	—	—	3 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$1,353	$1,150	—	—	2 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$2,306	$1,153	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,306	$1,153	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$1,100	$935	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,771	$903	—	—	4 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,771	$903	—	—	5 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$2,252	$901	—	—	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$2,191	$876	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,750	$875	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,740	$870	—	—	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,441	$1,225	—	—	0 insurers
SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL	TN	$5,747	$862	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$5,747	$862	—	—	5 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,070	$1,228	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES	ND	$3,070	$1,228	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$3,527	$1,234	$635	$1,764	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$3,527	$1,234	$635	$1,764	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$3,527	$1,234	$635	$1,764	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$3,527	$1,234	$635	$1,764	3 insurers