CPT 82135 · 1,336 hospitals reporting

Assay aminolevulinic acid

The same procedure costs $50.13 at one hospital and $1,269 at another — a 25× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $108.

Cheapest published

$50.13

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

Median across 1,336 hospitals

$108

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

Most expensive

$1,269

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

Price distribution

433 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
BLESSING HOSPITAL	IL	$179	$108	—	—	5 insurers
ILLINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$179	$108	—	—	5 insurers
WYOMING COUNTY	NY	$269	$108	—	—	0 insurers
WYTHE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$269	$108	—	—	0 insurers
NORTHERN COCHISE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	AZ	$180	$108	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$295	$108	$268	$268	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$295	$108	$13.99	$268	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$299	$107	$272	$272	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$299	$107	$13.99	$272	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$271	$106	—	—	3 insurers
AHN EMERUS WESTMORELAND, LLC	PA	$141	$105	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$183	$110	—	—	2 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$263	$105	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
CARSON TAHOE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$158	$111	$12.64	$133	5 insurers
KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER-BROOKHAVEN	MS	$348	$104	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$104	$1.86	$186	0 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$284	$111	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$130	$104	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$202	$111	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$148	$104	—	—	5 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$160	$112	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$161	$112	—	—	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$173	$112	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$283	$113	—	—	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$228	$114	$141	$182	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$228	$114	$15.94	$194	5 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$126	$101	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$176	$114	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$176	$114	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$124	$99.39	—	—	5 insurers
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$145	$116	—	—	5 insurers
COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	GA	$145	$98.6	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$260	$117	—	—	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$196	$98.23	$16.45	$177	5 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$260	$117	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$260	$117	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$235	$118	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$235	$118	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$235	$118	—	—	5 insurers