CPT 87169 · 1,320 hospitals reporting

Macroscopic exam parasite

The same procedure costs $50.05 at one hospital and $460 at another — a 9× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $67.5.

Cheapest published

$50.05

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

Median across 1,320 hospitals

$67.5

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

Most expensive

$460

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

Price distribution

154 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
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$135	$67.5	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$79	$67.15	$71.3	$77.42	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$79	$67.15	$4.31	$77.42	5 insurers
ELITE HOSPITAL KINGWOOD	TX	$136	$67.9	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$79	$66.36	$71.3	$77.42	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$79	$66.36	$4.31	$77.42	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$104	$68.64	—	—	5 insurers
ANAHEIM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	CA	$165	$65.8	—	—	0 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$173	$69.38	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$173	$69.38	—	—	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$87	$69.6	$4.62	$78.3	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$87	$69.6	$4.62	$78.3	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL-BLACKWELL	OK	$87	$69.6	$4.62	$78.3	5 insurers
FAULKTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$72	$64.8	—	—	0 insurers
FAULKTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$72	$64.8	—	—	0 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$129	$64.5	—	—	5 insurers
GARFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT #1	WA	$80	$64	—	—	5 insurers
CASCADE MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$80	$64	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$213	$63.9	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL THOUSAND OAKS	TX	$89	$71.2	—	—	5 insurers
WESTOVER HILLS BAPTIST HOSPITAL	TX	$89	$71.2	—	—	5 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$95	$71.25	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$98	$63.7	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$98	$63.7	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$63	$63	—	—	5 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$173	$73.53	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$173	$73.53	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$94	$61.1	—	—	0 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$213	$74.55	—	—	5 insurers