CPT 82480 · 1,354 hospitals reporting

Assay serum cholinesterase

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $819 at another — a 16× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $84.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,354 hospitals

$84

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

Most expensive

$819

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

Price distribution

246 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
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$210	$84	—	—	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$240	$84	$1	$4,848	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$106	$84.8	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$106	$84.8	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$84.89	$84.89	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$84.89	$84.89	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$84.89	$84.89	—	—	5 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$85	$85	$17.87	$33.45	4 insurers
FOREST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$82.85	$82.85	—	—	5 insurers
CHARLEVOIX AREA HOSPITAL	MI	$82.85	$82.85	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$245	$85.75	$6.61	$208	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
JENNIE M MELHAM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$86	$86	—	—	1 insurers
VALLEY VIEW MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$136	$81.32	—	—	1 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$116	$81.2	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$116	$81.2	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VA	$218	$87.26	—	—	0 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$266	$87.78	$3.94	$226	5 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$147	$88	—	—	0 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL	IL	$110	$79.2	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL INC	IL	$110	$79.2	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$113	$79.1	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$275	$89.54	—	—	2 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$150	$89.85	—	—	5 insurers
SHERIDAN COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$78	$78	—	—	0 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$129	$90.3	$38.21	—	4 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$129	$77.4	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$129	$77.4	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$121	$90.75	—	—	0 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE GRAYLING HOSPITAL	MI	$107	$90.98	—	—	4 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$107	$90.98	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$107	$90.98	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL	MI	$107	$90.98	—	—	3 insurers
PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$107	$90.98	—	—	4 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$107	$90.98	—	—	3 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$77	$77	—	—	4 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$77	$77	—	—	4 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$77	$77	—	—	0 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$330	$76.83	—	—	5 insurers