CPT 85060 · 1,066 hospitals reporting

Blood smear interpretation

The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $1,019 at another — a 20× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $83.56.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 1,066 hospitals

$83.56

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

Most expensive

$1,019

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

Price distribution

236 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
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$127	$83.82	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$98	$83.3	$88.45	$96.04	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$98	$83.3	$21	$111	5 insurers
CLINTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	OK	$104	$83.2	—	—	3 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$138	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$98	$82.32	$88.45	$96.04	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$98	$82.32	$59.78	$133	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER SUNNYVALE	TX	$137	$82.2	$9.42	$19.91	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - HOPEWELL	NJ	$85	$85	—	—	3 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$123	$86.14	—	—	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$123	$86.24	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$123	$86.24	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$317	$87.49	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$376	$87.56	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$376	$87.56	—	—	5 insurers
ROSEBUD HEALTH CARE CENTER	MT	$87.7	$87.7	—	—	5 insurers
FRIEND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NE	$132	$79.07	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK	CA	$78.75	$78.75	—	—	3 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA	CA	$78.75	$78.75	—	—	5 insurers
COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL	CA	$78.75	$78.75	—	—	4 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$130	$78	$18.86	$130	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$130	$78	$18.86	$130	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$130	$78	$18.86	$130	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$130	$78	$18.86	$130	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$130	$78	$18.86	$130	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$130	$78	$18.86	$130	5 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$130	$78	—	—	0 insurers
PERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$194	$77.6	—	—	3 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL	IL	$107	$77.04	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL INC	IL	$107	$77.04	—	—	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$77	$77	—	—	0 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$129	$90.3	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$113	$90.4	—	—	4 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$153	$76.69	$15.6	$138	5 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers