CPT 38790 · 969 hospitals reporting

Inject for lymphatic x-ray

The same procedure costs $52.02 at one hospital and $8,260 at another — a 159× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $469.

Cheapest published

$52.02

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

Median across 969 hospitals

$469

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

Most expensive

$8,260

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

Price distribution

311 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
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$670	$469	—	—	2 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$1,354	$474	$1	$5,394	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$708	$460	—	—	5 insurers
ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL	LA	$2,094	$482	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$966	$493	—	—	4 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$966	$493	—	—	5 insurers
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	FL	$677	$440	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$1,435	$422	$301	$6,009	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,053	$421	—	—	4 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$526	$421	—	—	5 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$865	$519	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$852	$520	$417	$792	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$852	$520	$153	$3,908	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$821	$411	—	—	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$885	$531	$11.34	$628	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$885	$531	$73.83	$1,716	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$570	$399	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$570	$399	—	—	5 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$994	$398	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,355	$543	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,355	$543	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,355	$543	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,355	$543	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,355	$543	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$903	$384	—	—	5 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$464	$371	—	—	5 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$464	$371	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$903	$362	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$905	$362	—	—	5 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$597	$358	$294	$478	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,523	$582	$914	$1,203	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,523	$582	$85.47	$1,203	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$501	$351	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$501	$351	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SAN MARTIN CAMPUS	NV	$2,938	$602	$881	$2,115	4 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SAN MARTIN CAMPUS	NV	$2,938	$602	$80.11	$5,435	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$670	$335	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$670	$335	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$670	$335	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$836	$334	—	—	0 insurers