CPT 59000 · 1,225 hospitals reporting

Amniocentesis diagnostic

The same procedure costs $51.01 at one hospital and $11,727 at another — a 230× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $598.

Cheapest published

$51.01

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

Median across 1,225 hospitals

$598

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

Most expensive

$11,727

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
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,195	$598	$120	$1,790	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,195	$598	$120	$1,790	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,195	$598	$120	$1,790	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BALLANTYNE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,195	$598	$120	$1,790	5 insurers
NOVANT PRINCE WILLIAM MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,195	$598	$120	$1,790	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,532	$597	—	—	1 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$1,748	$593	$750	$750	1 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$1,513	$589	$166	$1,241	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$1,513	$589	$65.71	$7,087	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$1,170	$585	$523	$1,053	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$1,170	$585	$523	$1,053	5 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$762	$610	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$1,020	$612	$561	$8,427	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$952	$581	$466	$885	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$952	$581	$144	$3,908	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$1,540	$616	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,540	$616	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$1,763	$573	$125	$7,993	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$573	$125	$1,636	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$573	$125	$1,636	5 insurers
WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	HI	$1,558	$623	$60.73	$1,324	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$1,790	$627	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$631	$631	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$631	$631	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$631	$631	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$631	$631	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$631	$631	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$631	$631	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$631	$631	—	—	5 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$1,161	$563	$801	$917	4 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$1,161	$563	$59.14	$6,374	5 insurers
SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$791	$633	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$952	$562	$524	$895	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$952	$562	$144	$6,796	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$952	$562	$524	$895	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$952	$562	$144	$6,796	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$1,400	$560	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$1,400	$560	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,101	$551	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,101	$551	—	—	4 insurers