CPT 78201 · 1,024 hospitals reporting

Nuclear medicine study of liver

The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $10,111 at another — a 201× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $985.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 1,024 hospitals

$985

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

Most expensive

$10,111

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

Price distribution

415 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
MCKENZIE HEALTH SYSTEM	MI	$1,231	$985	—	—	1 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$2,533	$988	$465	$1,660	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$2,831	$991	$422	$1,140	3 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$962	$0	$962	2 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,917	$959	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$1,917	$959	—	—	0 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$3,103	$1,024	$183	$2,638	5 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,364	$946	—	—	5 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,363	$945	—	—	2 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$1,712	$936	—	—	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$1,756	$1,036	—	—	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$2,600	$1,040	—	—	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$1,736	$1,042	$46.7	$1,232	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$1,736	$1,042	$0	$2,045	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,756	$913	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,605	$912	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,605	$912	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$2,605	$912	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$2,605	$912	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,258	$909	$2,606	$2,834	2 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,258	$909	$112	$3,258	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$2,252	$901	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,600	$896	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$1,756	$895	—	—	5 insurers
WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,440	$1,080	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$1,111	$889	—	—	2 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$2,213	$885	—	—	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,213	$885	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,809	$1,085	$149	$1,755	5 insurers
KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$1,368	$1,094	—	—	0 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$850	$850	—	—	5 insurers