CPT 85555 · 1,056 hospitals reporting

Rbc osmotic fragility unincubated

The same procedure costs $50.92 at one hospital and $816 at another — a 16× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $140.

Cheapest published

$50.92

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

Median across 1,056 hospitals

$140

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

Most expensive

$816

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

Price distribution

195 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
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL	SC	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR MANITOWOC COUNTY	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$280	$140	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$208	$142	$112	$198	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$208	$142	$5.23	$198	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$208	$142	$112	$198	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$208	$142	$5.23	$198	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$189	$142	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$189	$142	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$189	$142	—	—	0 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$189	$142	—	—	1 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$145	$138	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$220	$143	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$182	$137	—	—	1 insurers
ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$272	$136	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$272	$136	—	—	4 insurers
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$365	$146	—	—	2 insurers
VALLEY VIEW MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$245	$147	—	—	1 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK	CA	$150	$150	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA	CA	$150	$150	—	—	5 insurers
EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL	CA	$150	$150	—	—	0 insurers
COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL	CA	$150	$150	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$150	$150	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$379	$152	—	—	4 insurers