CPT 82397 · 1,622 hospitals reporting

Chemiluminescent assay

The same procedure costs $50.16 at one hospital and $1,222 at another — a 24× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $123.

Cheapest published

$50.16

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

Median across 1,622 hospitals

$123

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

Most expensive

$1,222

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
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR MANITOWOC COUNTY	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$210	$123	$118	$206	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$210	$123	$12.55	$206	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$210	$123	$118	$206	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$210	$123	$12.55	$206	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DEVILS LAKE	ND	$291	$122	$210	$276	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DEVILS LAKE	ND	$291	$122	$14.12	$276	5 insurers
UCSF HEALTH SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL	CA	$174	$122	$14.12	$174	5 insurers
UCSF HEALTH ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL	CA	$174	$122	$14.12	$174	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$196	$123	$137	$190	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$196	$123	$14.12	$190	5 insurers
CLINCH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$310	$124	—	—	0 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$166	$125	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$356	$125	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$356	$125	—	—	5 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$185	$120	—	—	5 insurers
COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$120	$120	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$240	$120	$149	$192	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$240	$120	$7.56	$204	5 insurers
COMANCHE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$120	$120	—	—	0 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$240	$120	—	—	5 insurers
MINERAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	MT	$156	$125	—	—	1 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$126	$120	—	—	5 insurers
WELIA HEALTH	MN	$179	$125	—	—	1 insurers
MONTEFIORE NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL	NY	$184	$120	—	—	5 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$125	$125	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$228	$125	—	—	5 insurers