CPT 83885 · 1,114 hospitals reporting

Assay of nickel

The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $1,268 at another — a 25× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $86.9.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 1,114 hospitals

$86.9

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

Most expensive

$1,268

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

Price distribution

300 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
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$116	$87	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$217	$86.8	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$217	$86.8	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$115	$86.25	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$115	$86.25	—	—	0 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$143	$85.8	$24.51	$143	5 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$143	$85.8	$24.5	$143	5 insurers
JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$252	$88.45	$14.71	$237	5 insurers
DUNCAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$252	$88.45	$14.71	$237	5 insurers
JEFFERSON COUNTY HOSPITAL	OK	$252	$88.45	$14.71	$237	5 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$113	$84.92	—	—	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$198	$89.1	$50.78	$192	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$278	$84.45	$200	$208	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$278	$84.45	$24.51	$208	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK	CA	$89.49	$89.49	—	—	4 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA	CA	$89.49	$89.49	—	—	5 insurers
EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL	CA	$89.49	$89.49	—	—	5 insurers
COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL	CA	$89.49	$89.49	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$165	$84.15	—	—	4 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$150	$89.74	—	—	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$151	$90.6	—	—	3 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$225	$82.46	$205	$205	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$225	$82.46	$20.82	$205	5 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$231	$92	—	—	5 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$153	$92.08	—	—	2 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$132	$92.75	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$107	$80.25	—	—	2 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$117	$93.6	$20.28	$117	5 insurers