CPT 36901 · 1,294 hospitals reporting

Insertion of needle and/or tube into hemodialysis circuit with review by radiologist

The same procedure costs $90.36 at one hospital and $25,674 at another — a 284× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,690.

Cheapest published

$90.36

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

Median across 1,294 hospitals

$1,690

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

Most expensive

$25,674

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
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	1 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	1 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	3 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	1 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	3 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,112	$1,690	—	—	5 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,223	$1,689	—	—	0 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$4,233	$1,693	—	—	1 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$1,549	$1,678	$162	$1,549	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,641	$1,678	$162	$1,641	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER - BONNE TERRE	MO	$2,839	$1,704	$710	$4,587	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$4,857	$1,712	$377	$4,857	5 insurers
WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	PA	$2,145	$1,716	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	PA	$2,145	$1,716	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,293	$1,722	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,293	$1,722	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,296	$1,723	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,296	$1,723	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,296	$1,723	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,296	$1,723	—	—	5 insurers
GENEVA GENERAL HOSPITAL	NY	$4,308	$1,723	—	—	0 insurers
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF YATES	NY	$4,308	$1,723	—	—	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$2,882	$1,729	$710	$4,587	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$4,713	$1,650	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$4,713	$1,650	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$4,713	$1,650	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$4,713	$1,650	—	—	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$2,355	$1,649	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,355	$1,649	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$3,418	$1,733	$3,076	$3,350	3 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$3,418	$1,733	$824	$5,310	5 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,645	$1,645	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$1,934	$1,644	—	—	0 insurers