CPT 78601 · 1,031 hospitals reporting

Nm-neurolite brain death

The same procedure costs $57.6 at one hospital and $5,673 at another — a 98× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $682.

Cheapest published

$57.6

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

Median across 1,031 hospitals

$682

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

Most expensive

$5,673

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

Price distribution

386 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 ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$1,370	$685	$849	$1,096	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$1,370	$685	$315	$1,229	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$969	$678	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$969	$678	—	—	5 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,152	$667	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$667	$667	—	—	5 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$932	$699	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$934	$701	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$934	$701	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$936	$702	—	—	5 insurers
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$5,060	$705	—	—	5 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$946	$710	$67.98	$377	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,022	$715	—	—	4 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,022	$715	—	—	4 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,029	$720	$198	$1,029	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,310	$721	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$1,704	$721	$1,108	$1,108	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$1,704	$721	$143	$1,193	5 insurers
COX MONETT HOSPITAL	MO	$2,380	$726	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH NEBRASKA HEART	NE	$1,370	$630	$973	$1,028	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH NEBRASKA HEART	NE	$1,370	$630	$327	$1,123	5 insurers
GRAND ISLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$1,370	$630	$973	$1,028	2 insurers
GRAND ISLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$1,370	$630	$327	$1,123	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,103	$736	—	—	5 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$1,043	$626	$515	$834	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$1,564	$626	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$1,564	$626	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$1,564	$626	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$1,564	$626	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,564	$626	—	—	3 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,268	$741	$710	$1,243	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,268	$741	$283	$1,243	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$1,268	$741	$710	$1,243	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$1,268	$741	$283	$1,243	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$741	$0	$741	2 insurers
HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$824	$742	—	—	5 insurers
HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$824	$742	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$1,478	$621	$887	$1,256	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$1,478	$621	$222	$1,256	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$1,478	$621	$887	$1,256	3 insurers