CPT 85660 · 1,639 hospitals reporting

Red blood cell sickling measurement

The same procedure costs $50.29 at one hospital and $654 at another — a 13× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $81.31.

Cheapest published

$50.29

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

Median across 1,639 hospitals

$81.31

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

Most expensive

$654

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

Price distribution

354 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
LIBERTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$108	$81.03	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$136	$81.6	$5.51	$132	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL	NC	$136	$81.6	$5.51	$132	5 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$102	$81.6	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$81	$81	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$81	$81	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$101	$80.8	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
KITTSON HEALTHCARE	MN	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL	PA	$100	$80	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$100	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$112	$82.77	—	—	5 insurers
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$132	$79.2	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$132	$79.2	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$132	$79.2	—	—	5 insurers
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$132	$79.2	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE - MEMORIAL CAMPUS	TX	$98.1	$78.48	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE HORIZON CITY CAMPUS	TX	$98.1	$78.48	—	—	5 insurers
INTEGRIS HEALTH PONCA CITY	OK	$99.31	$78.45	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	OK	$99.31	$78.45	—	—	5 insurers
INTEGRIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - COUNCIL CROSSING	OK	$99.31	$78.45	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$142	$78.1	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$142	$78.1	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	MT	$97.55	$78.04	—	—	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$130	$78	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$104	$78	—	—	2 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$130	$77.89	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$97	$77.6	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD TRACY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$97	$77.6	—	—	5 insurers
PERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$194	$77.6	—	—	3 insurers