CPT 78265 · 883 hospitals reporting

Nm-gastric emptying stdy

The same procedure costs $84.8 at one hospital and $4,082 at another — a 48× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $982.

Cheapest published

$84.8

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 883 hospitals

$982

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

Most expensive

$4,082

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

Price distribution

204 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
CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$968	$968	—	—	4 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$997	$997	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,351	$946	$527	$1,229	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,043	$1,022	$288	$1,982	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,856	$928	$323	$1,800	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,856	$928	$241	$1,800	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,856	$928	$229	$1,800	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,856	$928	$388	$1,800	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BALLANTYNE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,856	$928	$378	$1,800	5 insurers
NOVANT PRINCE WILLIAM MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,856	$928	$378	$1,800	5 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$926	—	—	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,488	$1,042	—	—	2 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$2,712	$1,085	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL	WA	$1,412	$875	$962	$962	2 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$1,095	$1,095	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,564	$860	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,564	$860	—	—	4 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,856	$1,114	$345	$1,800	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,856	$1,114	$337	$1,800	5 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$2,110	$844	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,095	$838	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$2,095	$838	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,384	$830	$400	$1,824	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,384	$830	$400	$1,824	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,384	$830	$400	$1,824	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$1,384	$830	$400	$1,824	5 insurers
NORTHWEST SURGICAL HOSPITAL	OK	—	$1,153	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$997	$797	—	—	3 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$997	$797	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$997	$797	—	—	5 insurers
GLENDALE MEM HOSPITAL & HLTH CENTER	CA	$1,125	$788	$436	$3,857	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$1,523	$1,185	$792	$1,493	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$1,523	$1,185	$366	$1,504	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,523	$1,185	$792	$1,493	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,523	$1,185	$366	$1,504	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$1,941	$776	—	—	5 insurers
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY HOSPITAL	KS	$1,200	$1,200	—	—	0 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$741	$0	$741	2 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,043	$730	$198	$3,803	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,242	$1,242	—	—	5 insurers