CPT 82679 · 1,488 hospitals reporting

Assay of estrone

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,624 at another — a 32× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $105.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,488 hospitals

$105

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

Most expensive

$1,624

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
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$293	$105	$267	$267	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$293	$105	$21.21	$267	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$205	$105	$152	$185	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$205	$105	$24.95	$185	5 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$174	$104	—	—	0 insurers
TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$262	$105	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$105	$105	—	—	2 insurers
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$105	$105	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$130	$104	—	—	5 insurers
GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$130	$104	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL	PA	$130	$104	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$130	$104	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	PA	$130	$104	—	—	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$208	$104	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$264	$106	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$264	$106	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-JORDAN VALLEY	UT	$264	$106	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$141	$106	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$159	$103	—	—	5 insurers
KITTSON HEALTHCARE	MN	$103	$103	—	—	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$266	$106	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$127	$102	—	—	0 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$144	$108	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$101	$101	—	—	5 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$202	$101	—	—	5 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$202	$101	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$101	$101	—	—	5 insurers
SAN JUAN HOSPITAL	UT	$144	$101	—	—	5 insurers
WESTSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$118	$100	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER SUNNYSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$118	$100	—	—	3 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$109	$109	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$100	$100	—	—	4 insurers
KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	KS	$167	$99.93	—	—	5 insurers
RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$273	$109	—	—	2 insurers
LIBERTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$146	$110	—	—	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$146	$110	—	—	2 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$157	$110	—	—	5 insurers
HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	IA	$129	$110	—	—	4 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$165	$99.29	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$200	$110	—	—	5 insurers