CPT 85420 · 1,220 hospitals reporting

Plasminogen (fibrinolytic factor) measurement

The same procedure costs $50.25 at one hospital and $887 at another — a 18× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $112.

Cheapest published

$50.25

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

Median across 1,220 hospitals

$112

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

Most expensive

$887

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

Price distribution

302 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
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$365	$111	$263	$274	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$365	$111	$6.53	$274	5 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$183	$110	$6.53	$156	5 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$288	$115	—	—	5 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$162	$107	—	—	5 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$164	$107	—	—	2 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$248	$105	$181	$226	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$248	$105	$5.56	$226	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$365	$105	$263	$274	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$365	$105	$6.53	$274	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$398	$119	—	—	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$261	$104	—	—	0 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$243	$122	—	—	5 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$243	$122	—	—	5 insurers
NORTON SCOTT HOSPITAL	IN	$608	$122	—	—	1 insurers
NORTON HOSPITALS, INC	KY	$608	$122	—	—	1 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL	SC	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR MANITOWOC COUNTY	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$245	$123	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$205	$123	—	—	2 insurers