CPT 80186 · 1,499 hospitals reporting

Phenytoin level; free

The same procedure costs $50.02 at one hospital and $708 at another — a 14× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $83.

Cheapest published

$50.02

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

Median across 1,499 hospitals

$83

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

Most expensive

$708

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

Price distribution

471 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
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL	PA	$119	$83.25	—	—	0 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$118	$82.6	$46.02	$107	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$209	$83.72	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$209	$83.72	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$82.2	$82.2	—	—	5 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$164	$82	—	—	2 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$164	$82	—	—	2 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$210	$84	—	—	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$170	$81.95	$78.2	$155	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$170	$81.95	$11.7	$155	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$182	$81.9	$46.68	$177	5 insurers
PERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$211	$84.4	—	—	3 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$131	$85	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KS	$100	$85	—	—	0 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$143	$85.95	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$160	$80	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$160	$80	—	—	0 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$215	$86	—	—	4 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$114	$79.98	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$114	$79.98	—	—	5 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$399	$79.8	—	—	5 insurers
MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$200	$79.8	—	—	1 insurers
WILLAMETTE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$200	$79.8	—	—	1 insurers
ST JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL	NY	$102	$86.7	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$168	$79.15	$153	$153	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$168	$79.15	$11.7	$153	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$87	$87	—	—	4 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$87.18	$1.62	$155	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$175	$87.5	$13.76	$170	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$175	$87.5	$13.76	$170	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$175	$87.5	$13.76	$170	5 insurers