CPT 81378 · 896 hospitals reporting

Hla i & ii typing hr

The same procedure costs $159 at one hospital and $16,289 at another — a 102× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $776.

Cheapest published

$159

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

Median across 896 hospitals

$776

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

Most expensive

$16,289

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

Price distribution

198 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
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$970	$776	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$970	$776	—	—	3 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$970	$776	—	—	2 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$970	$776	—	—	4 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$798	$798	—	—	2 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$1,608	$804	—	—	2 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	2 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
BRAXTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	0 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	0 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$1,412	$847	$190	$1,412	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$1,412	$847	$346	$3,677	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,801	$688	$1,081	$1,423	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,801	$688	$145	$1,801	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,758	$897	—	—	4 insurers