CPT 85048 · 1,572 hospitals reporting

Automated leukocyte count

The same procedure costs $50.14 at one hospital and $440 at another — a 9× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $69.59.

Cheapest published

$50.14

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

Median across 1,572 hospitals

$69.59

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

Most expensive

$440

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

Price distribution

187 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
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$164	$69.59	$120	$149	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$164	$69.59	$2.03	$149	5 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$174	$69.6	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$116	$69.6	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$115	$69	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
HAXTUN HOSPITAL DISTRICT	CO	$72	$70.2	—	—	0 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$172	$68.8	—	—	1 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$114	$68.56	—	—	1 insurers
D W MCMILLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$114	$68.4	—	—	5 insurers
ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$114	$68.4	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$203	$71.05	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$203	$71.05	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$203	$71.05	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$203	$71.05	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$203	$71.05	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$113	$68.03	—	—	2 insurers
WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$102	$71.4	—	—	0 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$135	$67.5	—	—	1 insurers
CASTLEVIEW HOSPITAL	UT	$130	$71.73	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$96	$67.2	$1.45	$75.65	5 insurers
SAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$96	$72	—	—	0 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$90	$72	$2.72	$81	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$90	$72	$2.72	$81	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL-BLACKWELL	OK	$90	$72	$2.72	$81	5 insurers
BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER - DOWNTOWN CAMPUS	NY	$72.17	$72.17	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$67	$67	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$72.21	$72.21	—	—	0 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$129	$72.24	—	—	3 insurers