CPT 82013 · 987 hospitals reporting

Acetylcholinesterase, amniotic fluid

The same procedure costs $51 at one hospital and $1,370 at another — a 27× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $113.

Cheapest published

$51

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

Median across 987 hospitals

$113

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

Most expensive

$1,370

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

Price distribution

182 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
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$113	$8.6	$161	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$113	$8.6	$162	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$113	$8.6	$353	5 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$113	$8.6	$161	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$204	$112	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$204	$112	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$204	$112	—	—	4 insurers
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$111	$111	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$356	$108	$257	$267	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$356	$108	$12.29	$267	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$299	$107	$272	$272	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$299	$107	$9.49	$272	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$175	$123	$6.38	$138	5 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$205	$123	—	—	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$356	$103	$257	$267	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$356	$103	$12.29	$267	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$222	$99.9	$56.94	$215	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$163	$99.43	—	—	0 insurers
CLINCH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$319	$128	—	—	0 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$150	$128	—	—	1 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$195	$97.63	$87.28	$176	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$195	$97.63	$87.28	$176	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$258	$129	—	—	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$324	$130	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$232	$92.8	—	—	4 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$185	$92.5	—	—	5 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$91	$91	$12	$155	0 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$338	$135	—	—	5 insurers
SHERIDAN COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$90	$90	—	—	0 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,365	$136	$136	$1,119	5 insurers
LANAI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$229	$89	—	—	3 insurers
KULA HOSPITAL	HI	$229	$89	—	—	3 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$344	$138	—	—	5 insurers