CPT 80184 · 1,680 hospitals reporting

Assay of phenobarbital

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,706 at another — a 34× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $99.9.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,680 hospitals

$99.9

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

Most expensive

$1,706

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
PHILLIPS COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$111	$99.9	—	—	5 insurers
PHILLIPS COUNTY HOSPITAL - CAH	MT	$111	$99.9	—	—	5 insurers
LANAI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$257	$100	—	—	3 insurers
KULA HOSPITAL	HI	$257	$100	—	—	3 insurers
HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$143	$99.75	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$251	$100	—	—	2 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$284	$99.4	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$284	$99.4	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$284	$99.4	—	—	5 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$375	$101	$203	$315	2 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$375	$101	$9.18	$315	5 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$152	$99	—	—	5 insurers
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$99	$99	—	—	5 insurers
PEACE HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$152	$98.8	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$101	$101	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$135	$101	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$156	$101	—	—	0 insurers
HUNT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$156	$101	—	—	0 insurers
AHN EMERUS WESTMORELAND, LLC	PA	$131	$98.31	—	—	5 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$170	$102	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$185	$102	—	—	5 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$170	$102	—	—	0 insurers
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$102	$102	$21	$107	0 insurers
HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL	MI	$136	$102	$6.97	$93	5 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$170	$102	—	—	5 insurers
GROSSMONT HOSPITAL	CA	$130	$97.5	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$130	$97.5	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$130	$97.5	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP CORONADO HOSPITAL AND HLTHCR CTR	CA	$130	$97.5	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$195	$97.5	—	—	5 insurers
BURKE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$144	$103	—	—	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$97	$97	—	—	0 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$140	$103	—	—	5 insurers