CPT 82533 · 1,723 hospitals reporting

Total cortisol

The same procedure costs $50.05 at one hospital and $1,735 at another — a 35× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $113.

Cheapest published

$50.05

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

Median across 1,723 hospitals

$113

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

Most expensive

$1,735

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
ADVENTHEALTH DADE CITY	FL	$189	$113	$9.07	$170	5 insurers
FOREST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
CHARLEVOIX AREA HOSPITAL	MI	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$133	$113	—	—	4 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MN	$142	$114	—	—	5 insurers
SYRACUSE AREA HEALTH	NE	$142	$114	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$142	$114	—	—	5 insurers
TRIOS HEALTH	WA	$284	$114	—	—	5 insurers
ALLEGHANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$228	$114	—	—	1 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$187	$112	—	—	3 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$143	$114	—	—	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$143	$114	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$118	$114	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$118	$114	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$181	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$155	$115	—	—	5 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
AdventHealth Palm Coast	FL	$203	$112	$4.24	$183	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$183	$112	—	—	0 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$136	$115	—	—	5 insurers
CARY MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$154	$116	$15.43	$149	5 insurers
FRIEND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NE	$193	$116	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PROCTOR HOSPITAL	IL	$116	$116	—	—	4 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PEKIN HOSPITAL	IL	$116	$116	—	—	3 insurers
CARLE HEALTH METHODIST HOSPITAL	IL	$116	$116	—	—	4 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$166	$111	$16.3	$163	5 insurers
OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$221	$111	—	—	5 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL	MI	$130	$111	—	—	4 insurers
SAMUEL MAHELONA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	HI	$179	$116	—	—	5 insurers