CPT 85557 · 1,038 hospitals reporting

Lab-osmotic fragility incubate

The same procedure costs $50.01 at one hospital and $1,164 at another — a 23× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $110.

Cheapest published

$50.01

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

Median across 1,038 hospitals

$110

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

Most expensive

$1,164

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

Price distribution

285 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
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$441	$110	—	—	5 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$184	$110	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$275	$110	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$275	$110	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$275	$110	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$275	$110	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$275	$110	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$275	$110	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$220	$110	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$220	$110	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$220	$110	—	—	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$271	$109	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$271	$109	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$271	$109	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$271	$109	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$271	$109	—	—	3 insurers
NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL	MN	$258	$108	—	—	5 insurers
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$283	$113	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$347	$104	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$275	$117	—	—	5 insurers
LANAI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$301	$117	—	—	3 insurers
KULA HOSPITAL	HI	$301	$117	—	—	3 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$103	$103	—	—	0 insurers
WAYNE HOSPITAL	OH	$157	$118	—	—	0 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$118	$118	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$204	$102	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$204	$102	—	—	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$173	$121	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$173	$121	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$272	$99.69	$248	$248	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$272	$99.69	$11.35	$248	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$347	$121	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$347	$121	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$347	$121	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$347	$121	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$117	$93.6	—	—	3 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$212	$127	—	—	0 insurers
CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$90.28	$90.28	—	—	0 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$561	$131	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$561	$131	—	—	5 insurers