CPT 83540 · 1,765 hospitals reporting

Iron level

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $907 at another — a 18× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $80.55.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,765 hospitals

$80.55

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

Most expensive

$907

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
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$109	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL	CA	—	$80.5	$49.45	$114	5 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$101	$80.8	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$202	$80.89	—	—	2 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$143	$80.08	—	—	3 insurers
SUNY/DOWNSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN	NY	$80	$80	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$160	$79.83	$5.43	$151	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HUGULEY HOSPITAL FORT WORTH SOUTH	TX	$160	$79.83	$5.43	$151	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$160	$79.83	$5.43	$151	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$160	$79.83	$5.43	$151	5 insurers
MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$205	$81.8	—	—	5 insurers
WILLAMETTE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$205	$81.8	—	—	5 insurers
KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$82	$82	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPHS AREA HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$133	$82.25	$6.47	$126	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$131	$78.6	$6.47	$152	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$131	$78.6	$6.47	$114	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$165	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$165	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$165	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$165	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers