CPT 78266 · 850 hospitals reporting

Nm-gastric empty sdy,multi day

The same procedure costs $90.4 at one hospital and $8,336 at another — a 92× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,048.

Cheapest published

$90.4

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 850 hospitals

$1,048

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

Most expensive

$8,336

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

Price distribution

169 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
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,619	$1,048	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$2,619	$1,048	—	—	5 insurers
GLENDALE MEM HOSPITAL & HLTH CENTER	CA	$1,467	$1,027	$517	$4,618	5 insurers
HUNT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,683	$1,094	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL	WA	$1,596	$990	$1,088	$1,088	2 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$2,426	$970	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,384	$969	$263	$3,803	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$1,486	$966	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$962	$0	$962	2 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,235	$872	—	—	2 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$1,228	—	—	0 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$1,445	$867	—	—	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,766	$1,236	—	—	2 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA	WI	$1,690	$845	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,791	$1,254	$698	$1,630	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,650	$842	—	—	4 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$2,069	$807	$465	$1,660	3 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$783	$327	$489	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$931	$745	—	—	3 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$931	$745	—	—	3 insurers
NORTON SCOTT HOSPITAL	IN	$3,700	$740	—	—	0 insurers
NORTON HOSPITALS, INC	KY	$3,700	$740	—	—	0 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$3,390	$1,356	—	—	5 insurers
CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,648	$694	$200	$3,648	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$678	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$662	$216	$1,797	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$662	$216	$1,184	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$662	$216	$1,593	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$818	$654	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$818	$654	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$818	$654	—	—	2 insurers
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,511	$650	$1,058	$1,511	3 insurers
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,511	$650	$353	$1,991	5 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$1,436	$646	$1,149	$1,221	3 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$1,436	$646	$393	$8,505	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$1,453	$1,453	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO	CA	$1,633	$639	$980	$1,633	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO	CA	$1,633	$639	$393	$2,561	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$631	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$631	—	—	5 insurers