CPT 81291 · 1,485 hospitals reporting

Mthfr gene

The same procedure costs $51.3 at one hospital and $2,335 at another — a 46× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $153.

Cheapest published

$51.3

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

Median across 1,485 hospitals

$153

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

Most expensive

$2,335

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
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$306	$153	$54.89	$289	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HUGULEY HOSPITAL FORT WORTH SOUTH	TX	$306	$153	$54.89	$289	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$306	$153	$54.89	$289	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$306	$153	$54.89	$289	5 insurers
RUSSELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KS	$180	$153	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$170	$153	—	—	5 insurers
SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL HOSPITAL	CA	$203	$152	—	—	2 insurers
CAPE CORAL HOSPITAL	FL	$203	$152	—	—	5 insurers
ROUND ROCK MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$203	$152	—	—	3 insurers
EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$385	$154	—	—	0 insurers
DLP SWAIN COUNTY HOSPITAL LLC	NC	$385	$154	—	—	0 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$252	$151	$22.48	$179	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$252	$151	$27.73	$2,732	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$329	$155	$299	$299	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$329	$155	$26.3	$299	5 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$310	$155	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$377	$151	—	—	5 insurers
LAKE CHELAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WA	$150	$150	$84.65	$119	0 insurers
CLINTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	OK	$196	$157	—	—	1 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$373	$149	—	—	5 insurers
THE PHYSICIANS' HOSPITAL IN ANADARKO	OK	$248	$149	$88.21	$423	5 insurers
RURAL WELLNESS STROUD HOSPITAL	OK	$248	$149	$88.21	$423	5 insurers
RURAL WELLNESS FAIRFAX HOSPITAL	OK	$248	$149	$88.21	$423	5 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$263	$158	—	—	1 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$212	$148	$40	—	4 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$395	$158	—	—	5 insurers
RUMFORD HOSPITAL	ME	$513	$148	$65.34	$513	5 insurers
BRIDGTON HOSPITAL	ME	$513	$159	$65.34	$513	5 insurers
MCALESTER REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	OK	$368	$147	$69.98	$346	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$263	$147	—	—	5 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$195	$146	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$401	$160	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$401	$160	—	—	5 insurers
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$401	$160	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$567	$146	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$567	$146	$42.81	$312	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$268	$161	—	—	5 insurers
MARINERS HOSPITAL	FL	$248	$161	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$190	$162	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$190	$162	—	—	3 insurers