CPT 85046 · 1,143 hospitals reporting

Lab-reticulocyte hemoglobin

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $797 at another — a 16× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $103.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,143 hospitals

$103

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

Most expensive

$797

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

Price distribution

155 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
MAHNOMEN HEALTH CENTER	MN	$114	$103	—	—	5 insurers
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY HOSPITAL	KS	$103	$103	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$170	$102	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$105	$105	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$105	$105	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$105	$105	—	—	5 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$142	$107	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$267	$107	—	—	4 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER SUNNYVALE	TX	$179	$107	$24.94	$52.71	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$111	$94.34	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$111	$94.34	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH PIKES PEAK REGIONAL HOSPITAL	CO	$139	$111	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$154	$93.94	$75.46	$143	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$154	$93.94	$5.4	$143	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$192	$112	$108	$188	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$192	$112	$108	$188	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$152	$112	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$142	$114	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$114	$114	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE - MEMORIAL CAMPUS	TX	$143	$114	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE HORIZON CITY CAMPUS	TX	$143	$114	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$143	$114	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD TRACY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$143	$114	—	—	5 insurers
CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$90	$90	$4.96	$54	5 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$167	$117	—	—	5 insurers
FRISBIE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NH	$117	$117	$31.05	$93.6	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$118	$3.9	$355	5 insurers
SPARTA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$86.25	$86.25	$8.63	$81.94	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$170	$119	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$170	$119	—	—	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$123	$86.1	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$123	$86.1	—	—	5 insurers