CPT 84586 · 1,365 hospitals reporting

Assay of vip

The same procedure costs $50.21 at one hospital and $1,644 at another — a 33× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $136.

Cheapest published

$50.21

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

Median across 1,365 hospitals

$136

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

Most expensive

$1,644

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
BUCKTAIL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$243	$136	—	—	1 insurers
COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	GA	$200	$136	—	—	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$247	$136	—	—	5 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$135	$135	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$135	$135	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$135	$135	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$135	$135	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$383	$134	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$383	$134	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$383	$134	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$383	$134	—	—	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$213	$138	—	—	5 insurers
ADAMS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$167	$134	$17.06	$159	4 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$222	$133	$16.6	$193	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$222	$133	$16.6	$193	5 insurers
NORTHERN COCHISE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	AZ	$232	$139	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$348	$139	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$331	$132	—	—	2 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$242	$132	—	—	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$200	$140	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$200	$140	—	—	5 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$328	$131	—	—	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$164	$131	$29.23	$164	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$164	$131	$29.23	$164	5 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$328	$131	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$141	$141	—	—	5 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$364	$131	—	—	5 insurers
HUTCHINSON HEALTH	MN	—	$130	$60.2	$144	2 insurers
WESTSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$167	$142	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER SUNNYSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$167	$142	—	—	3 insurers
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$217	$130	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOHNS HOSPITAL	IL	$198	$143	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL INC	IL	$198	$143	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL	IL	$198	$143	—	—	5 insurers
ST VINCENT HOSPITAL	WI	$198	$143	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE HOSPITAL	OH	$172	$129	—	—	0 insurers
KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	KS	$213	$128	—	—	5 insurers
UNION GENERAL HOSPITAL	GA	$256	$128	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$150	$128	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$150	$128	—	—	5 insurers