CPT 84999 · 1,015 hospitals reporting

Unlisted chemistry procedure

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,556 at another — a 31× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $112.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,015 hospitals

$112

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

Most expensive

$1,556

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

Price distribution

402 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
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$150	$113	—	—	0 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$160	$112	—	—	5 insurers
BRADLEY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$223	$112	—	—	5 insurers
MAHNOMEN HEALTH CENTER	MN	$126	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SPARTA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$111	$111	$11.1	$105	5 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$114	$114	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$114	$114	—	—	3 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$157	$110	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$181	$109	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1	IL	$145	$116	—	—	5 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$116	$116	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$208	$116	—	—	5 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$157	$118	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$107	$107	—	—	1 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$213	$106	$95.09	$191	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$213	$106	$95.09	$191	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$106	$106	—	—	4 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$106	$106	—	—	4 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$106	$106	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$143	$118	—	—	3 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$119	$119	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$119	$119	—	—	4 insurers
KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER-BROOKHAVEN	MS	$397	$119	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE MARTIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$139	$104	—	—	0 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$157	$104	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$157	$104	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$103	$103	—	—	3 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$122	$122	—	—	3 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$122	$122	—	—	3 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$122	$122	—	—	3 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$122	$122	—	—	3 insurers