CPT 83088 · 1,434 hospitals reporting

Assay of histamine

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,635 at another — a 33× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $123.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,434 hospitals

$123

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

Most expensive

$1,635

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	$344	$123	$313	$313	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$344	$123	$25.1	$313	5 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$205	$123	—	—	0 insurers
ST GABRIELS HOSPITAL	MN	$246	$123	$29.53	$234	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$204	$122	$14.54	$307	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$204	$122	$14.54	$177	5 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL	PA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	PA	$154	$123	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$190	$124	—	—	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$203	$122	—	—	3 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$124	$124	—	—	2 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$310	$124	—	—	4 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$125	$4.91	$222	0 insurers
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$125	$125	—	—	5 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$200	$120	—	—	0 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$600	$120	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$158	$126	—	—	4 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$132	$119	$125	$129	0 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$159	$127	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$204	$118	$122	$192	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$204	$118	$29.53	$192	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$182	$127	$16.88	$176	5 insurers
BENSON HOSPITAL	AZ	$245	$118	—	—	5 insurers
TRISTAR GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$117	$117	$28.53	$38.98	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$293	$117	—	—	1 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$180	$117	—	—	5 insurers
MENA REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	AR	$215	$129	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$258	$129	—	—	5 insurers
MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$325	$130	—	—	4 insurers
WILLAMETTE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$325	$130	—	—	4 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD TRACY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD THIEF RIVER FALLS MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MAYVILLE	ND	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HILLSBORO	ND	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$163	$130	—	—	5 insurers