CPT 75870 · 1,023 hospitals reporting

Vein x-ray skull

The same procedure costs $138 at one hospital and $18,456 at another — a 133× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,041.

Cheapest published

$138

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

Median across 1,023 hospitals

$2,041

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

Most expensive

$18,456

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

Price distribution

382 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
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$4,859	$2,041	$2,915	$4,130	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$4,859	$2,041	$185	$6,810	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$2,915	$4,130	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$185	$6,472	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$2,915	$4,130	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$185	$6,810	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$2,915	$4,130	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$185	$6,810	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$2,915	$4,130	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$4,859	$2,041	$185	$6,810	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,091	$2,046	$196	$6,137	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,091	$2,046	$196	$6,137	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,091	$2,046	$196	$6,137	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,091	$2,046	$196	$6,137	5 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$4,993	$1,997	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$7,120	$2,093	$5,126	$5,838	2 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$7,120	$2,093	$192	$30,596	5 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,915	$1,966	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,856	$2,121	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$3,856	$2,121	—	—	4 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$5,374	$2,150	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,867	$2,150	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$5,500	$2,200	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$5,500	$2,200	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,667	$1,871	—	—	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$4,091	$1,841	$196	$3,968	5 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$5,683	$2,273	—	—	2 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,454	$1,786	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,454	$1,786	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,454	$1,786	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,454	$1,786	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,433	$1,778	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$2,316	$2,316	—	—	3 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$2,704	$1,758	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$2,704	$1,758	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$4,660	$2,330	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$4,660	$2,330	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$4,660	$2,330	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$9,108	$1,730	—	—	5 insurers
HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL	FL	$2,643	$1,718	—	—	5 insurers