CPT 43752 · 1,507 hospitals reporting

Insertion of stomach tube through nose or mouth using fluoroscopic guidance

The same procedure costs $52 at one hospital and $10,426 at another — a 200× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $446.

Cheapest published

$52

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

Median across 1,507 hospitals

$446

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

Most expensive

$10,426

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
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$743	$446	$355	$4,587	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$743	$446	$163	$6,771	5 insurers
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,741	$446	$100	$1,741	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,822	$446	$112	$1,822	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,711	$446	$52.64	$1,405	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,431	$445	$78.06	$1,431	5 insurers
SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$556	$445	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$1,111	$444	—	—	4 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$653	$444	—	—	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,150	$449	—	—	1 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$1,162	$443	$232	$1,162	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$1,126	$450	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$1,126	$450	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$1,126	$450	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$1,126	$450	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,126	$450	—	—	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$601	$451	—	—	1 insurers
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$673	$440	$202	$673	5 insurers
BOULDER CITY HOSPITAL	NV	$532	$452	—	—	0 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$1,098	$439	—	—	1 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$627	$439	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$627	$439	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$1,051	$439	$183	$1,051	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$798	$439	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$798	$439	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$798	$439	—	—	5 insurers
LASALLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	LA	$755	$453	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$453	$453	—	—	0 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$697	$453	—	—	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$805	$439	$620	$789	5 insurers
ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,133	$453	—	—	1 insurers
TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VA	$1,093	$437	—	—	0 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$644	$456	$112	$644	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$644	$456	$112	$644	5 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$870	$435	—	—	2 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$870	$435	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$571	$457	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$571	$457	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$669	$435	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$762	$457	$163	$6,771	5 insurers