CPT 36513 · 1,036 hospitals reporting

Therapeutic apheresis; for platelets

The same procedure costs $109 at one hospital and $14,545 at another — a 134× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,206.

Cheapest published

$109

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

Median across 1,036 hospitals

$1,206

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

Most expensive

$14,545

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

Price distribution

329 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
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$2,320	$1,206	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,320	$1,206	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$2,320	$1,206	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$2,320	$1,206	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,320	$1,206	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$2,320	$1,206	—	—	3 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$4,078	$1,207	$3,303	$3,303	3 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$4,078	$1,207	$0.65	$3,303	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$3,439	$1,204	$1,719	$1,719	1 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$3,439	$1,204	$173	$3,723	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,717	$1,202	$116	$8,178	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH FISH MEMORIAL	FL	$2,185	$1,202	$397	$1,966	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,937	$1,175	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$2,937	$1,175	—	—	5 insurers
CLOVIS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,557	$1,246	—	—	5 insurers
LEGENT SURGICAL HOSPITAL PLANO	TX	$2,300	$1,150	—	—	4 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,754	$1,140	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST SURGICAL HOSPITAL	OK	—	$1,273	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,877	$1,126	$485	$1,633	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,877	$1,126	$485	$1,633	5 insurers
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,877	$1,126	$485	$1,633	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,877	$1,126	$485	$1,633	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,877	$1,126	$485	$1,633	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$1,877	$1,126	$485	$1,633	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$1,877	$1,126	$485	$1,633	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$1,500	$1,125	—	—	5 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$3,821	$1,337	$69.36	$3,248	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$3,821	$1,337	$73.3	$3,248	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,462	$1,354	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$2,462	$1,354	—	—	4 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$1,735	$1,041	$195	$1,231	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$1,735	$1,041	$36.75	$1,658	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$1,338	$1,041	$696	$1,311	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$1,338	$1,041	$321	$1,311	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,338	$1,041	$696	$1,311	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,338	$1,041	$321	$1,311	5 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$5,004	$1,396	$4,003	$4,353	2 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$5,004	$1,396	$344	$5,004	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,427	$999	—	—	4 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH DADE CITY	FL	$1,653	$992	$233	$1,487	5 insurers