CPT 76820 · 1,221 hospitals reporting

Umbilical artery echo

The same procedure costs $51.5 at one hospital and $1,839 at another — a 36× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $226.

Cheapest published

$51.5

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

Median across 1,221 hospitals

$226

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

Most expensive

$1,839

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
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$533	$227	—	—	3 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$533	$227	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$533	$227	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$686	$226	—	—	2 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$322	$225	—	—	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$564	$225	—	—	0 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$225	$225	$225	$225	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$572	$229	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$400	$224	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$224	$224	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$224	$224	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$224	$224	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$224	$224	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$224	$224	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$224	$224	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$224	$224	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$280	$224	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$280	$224	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$280	$224	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-HANCOCK	MS	$604	$230	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$774	$223	$557	$580	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$774	$223	$121	$580	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$554	$222	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$554	$222	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-JORDAN VALLEY	UT	$554	$222	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$773	$232	—	—	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$221	$221	—	—	2 insurers
OCHSNER CHOCTAW GENERAL	AL	$306	$233	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$275	$220	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$275	$220	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$333	$233	$69.81	$300	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$333	$233	$66.45	$309	4 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$292	$234	—	—	5 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$365	$219	—	—	0 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$588	$235	—	—	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$774	$235	$557	$580	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$774	$235	$121	$580	5 insurers
THEDACARE MEDICAL CENTER - BERLIN INC	WI	$388	$217	—	—	3 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$431	$216	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$431	$216	—	—	0 insurers