CPT 85044 · 1,151 hospitals reporting

Manual reticulocyte count

The same procedure costs $50.56 at one hospital and $329 at another — a 7× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $84.43.

Cheapest published

$50.56

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

Median across 1,151 hospitals

$84.43

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

Most expensive

$329

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

Price distribution

157 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
SOUTH TEXAS SPINE AND SURGICAL HOSPITAL	TX	$84.43	$84.43	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$100	$84	$90.25	$98	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$100	$84	$4.31	$98	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$100	$85	$90.25	$98	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$100	$85	$4.31	$98	5 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$142	$85.2	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$142	$85.2	—	—	5 insurers
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$213	$85.2	—	—	0 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$203	$86.13	$148	$185	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$203	$86.13	$3.56	$185	5 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$181	$87.79	$125	$143	4 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$181	$87.79	$3.41	$143	5 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$119	$80.92	—	—	5 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$201	$80.4	—	—	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$201	$80.4	—	—	0 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$269	$88.77	$2.16	$229	5 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$161	$90.16	—	—	3 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$166	$90.47	$128	$163	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$166	$90.47	$3.79	$163	5 insurers
UP HEALTH SYSTEM PORTAGE	MI	$130	$78.28	—	—	0 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$78	$78	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$107	$90.95	—	—	2 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$228	$91.2	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$77	$77	—	—	4 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$231	$92.4	—	—	5 insurers
GLENDALE MEM HOSPITAL & HLTH CENTER	CA	$109	$76.3	$4.31	$87.2	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK	CA	$93.45	$93.45	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA	CA	$93.45	$93.45	—	—	5 insurers