CPT 86970 · 1,258 hospitals reporting

Rbc pretx incubatj w/chemicl

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,305 at another — a 26× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $89.54.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,258 hospitals

$89.54

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

Most expensive

$1,305

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

Price distribution

500 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
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$256	$89.54	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$256	$89.54	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$256	$89.54	—	—	5 insurers
NEOSHO MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$119	$89.47	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$89.35	$89.35	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$89	$89	—	—	5 insurers
DICKENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$392	$90.16	—	—	5 insurers
LEE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$392	$90.16	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$178	$88.83	$7.64	$160	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$177	$88.5	$24.92	$172	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$136	$88.4	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$136	$88.4	—	—	0 insurers
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL -	MA	$91	$91	$45.91	$100	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$140	$91	—	—	5 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON HEALTH	NC	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL	TN	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	VA	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
SMYTH COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL	VA	$611	$91.65	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS AREA HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$141	$87.35	$28.09	$134	5 insurers
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	—	$87.25	—	—	0 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$158	$91.98	$88.2	$154	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$158	$91.98	$17.28	$154	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$158	$91.98	$88.2	$154	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$158	$91.98	$17.28	$154	5 insurers
TOUCHETTE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC	IL	$140	$86.8	—	—	1 insurers
TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$217	$86.8	—	—	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$242	$92.45	$145	$191	3 insurers