CPT 85045 · 1,580 hospitals reporting

Red blood count; automated test

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $754 at another — a 15× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $72.3.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,580 hospitals

$72.3

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

Most expensive

$754

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

Price distribution

304 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
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$145	$72.3	$3.35	$137	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HUGULEY HOSPITAL FORT WORTH SOUTH	TX	$145	$72.3	$3.35	$137	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$145	$72.3	$3.35	$137	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$145	$72.3	$3.35	$137	5 insurers
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$73	$73	—	—	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$183	$73.2	—	—	1 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$102	$71.13	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS SPINE AND SURGICAL HOSPITAL	TX	$71.02	$71.02	—	—	5 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$178	$71	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$142	$71	—	—	1 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES	ND	$178	$71	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD THIEF RIVER FALLS MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$88	$70.4	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH OCALA	FL	$124	$74.5	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$212	$69.96	$2	$180	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$140	$69.85	—	—	2 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$88	$74.8	—	—	4 insurers
MONUMENT HEALTH SPEARFISH HOSPITAL	SD	$75	$75	$7.18	$72.75	4 insurers
MONUMENT HEALTH RAPID CITY HOSPITAL	SD	$75	$75	$7.18	$72	5 insurers
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI	TN	$235	$68.92	—	—	0 insurers
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$76	$76	—	—	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$76	$76	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$171	$68.27	—	—	5 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$171	$68.27	—	—	4 insurers
BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$171	$68.27	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$105	$68.25	—	—	5 insurers
D W MCMILLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$113	$67.8	—	—	5 insurers
ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$113	$67.8	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$113	$67.8	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$96	$76.8	$4.27	$86.4	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$96	$76.8	$4.27	$86.4	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL-BLACKWELL	OK	$96	$76.8	$4.27	$86.4	5 insurers
GLENDALE MEM HOSPITAL & HLTH CENTER	CA	$110	$77	$3.99	$88	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$77	$3.99	$77	5 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN	FL	$123	$67.47	$3.99	$110	5 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$96	$67.2	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$67	$67	—	—	4 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$67	$67	—	—	0 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$111	$77.7	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$111	$77.7	—	—	5 insurers