CPT 82608 · 1,092 hospitals reporting

B-12 binding capacity

The same procedure costs $50.02 at one hospital and $1,174 at another — a 23× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $89.21.

Cheapest published

$50.02

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

Median across 1,092 hospitals

$89.21

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

Most expensive

$1,174

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

Price distribution

215 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
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$250	$89.21	$228	$228	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$250	$89.21	$12.17	$228	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$176	$88.24	$14.32	$159	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$218	$87.07	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$218	$87.07	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$87	$87	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$145	$87	—	—	1 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$147	$86.73	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$184	$92	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$236	$92	—	—	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$92	$92	—	—	4 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$188	$84.6	$48.22	$182	5 insurers
NORTHERN COCHISE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	AZ	$140	$84	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN	MI	$112	$84	—	—	0 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$237	$94.8	—	—	5 insurers
FRIEND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NE	$161	$96.66	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$109	$81.75	—	—	1 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$202	$80.89	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$202	$80.89	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$202	$80.89	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$202	$80.89	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$202	$80.89	—	—	3 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$121	$78.65	—	—	0 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$200	$100	—	—	2 insurers
AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers