CPT 59050 · 774 hospitals reporting

Fetal monitor w/report

The same procedure costs $51.23 at one hospital and $3,068 at another — a 60× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $123.

Cheapest published

$51.23

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

Median across 774 hospitals

$123

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

Most expensive

$3,068

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

Price distribution

113 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	$154	$123	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$154	$123	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$154	$123	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$154	$123	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$154	$123	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$154	$123	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$154	$123	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$154	$123	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$154	$123	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$612	$122	—	—	0 insurers
MENA REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	AR	$207	$124	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$149	$125	$134	$146	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$149	$125	$90.89	$202	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$149	$127	$134	$146	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$149	$127	$31.92	$169	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$233	$128	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$215	$118	—	—	1 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$117	$117	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$117	$117	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$133	$133	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$318	$134	$191	$270	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$318	$134	$47.7	$1,302	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$318	$134	$191	$270	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$318	$134	$54.06	$1,302	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$318	$134	$191	$270	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$318	$134	$44.52	$1,302	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$318	$134	$191	$270	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$318	$134	$54.67	$1,302	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$318	$134	$191	$270	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$318	$134	$50.88	$1,302	5 insurers
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$171	$137	—	—	5 insurers
MID VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINIC	WA	$208	$146	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$126	$101	$68.85	$126	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$126	$101	$68.85	$126	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$209	$146	—	—	2 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$141	$98.7	—	—	5 insurers