CPT 84311 · 1,528 hospitals reporting

Chemical analysis using spectrophotometry (light)

The same procedure costs $50.15 at one hospital and $837 at another — a 17× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $102.

Cheapest published

$50.15

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

Median across 1,528 hospitals

$102

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

Most expensive

$837

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

Price distribution

440 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
MUNSON HEALTHCARE GRAYLING HOSPITAL	MI	$120	$102	—	—	4 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$120	$102	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$120	$102	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL	MI	$120	$102	—	—	4 insurers
PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$120	$102	—	—	4 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$120	$102	—	—	4 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$102	$102	—	—	0 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$138	$102	—	—	5 insurers
SLEEPY EYE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$162	$103	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$156	$101	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$126	$101	—	—	5 insurers
ASHLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	UT	$190	$104	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$105	$105	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$105	$105	—	—	4 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$105	$105	—	—	0 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$141	$98.69	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$132	$106	$6.71	$8.68	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$281	$98.21	—	—	5 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$140	$98	—	—	5 insurers
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$245	$98	—	—	0 insurers
KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$106	$106	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL REG MED CTR	MS	$233	$97.86	—	—	4 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL HEALTH	ND	$233	$97.86	—	—	4 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$193	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$193	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$266	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$266	$106	—	—	4 insurers
BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$266	$106	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$134	$107	$0	$107	4 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$143	$96.24	—	—	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$129	$95.99	$110	$125	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$129	$95.99	$8.1	$125	5 insurers