CPT 87184 · 1,489 hospitals reporting

Evaluation of antimicrobial drug (antibiotic; antifungal; antiviral)

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $767 at another — a 15× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $76.16.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,489 hospitals

$76.16

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

Most expensive

$767

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

Price distribution

341 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
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$136	$76.16	—	—	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$101	$75.75	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$101	$75.75	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$101	$75.75	—	—	2 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$101	$75.75	—	—	1 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$108	$75.35	—	—	5 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$110	$74.8	—	—	5 insurers
MCKENZIE HEALTH SYSTEM	MI	$97	$77.6	—	—	1 insurers
SANFORD JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$97	$77.6	—	—	5 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$195	$78	—	—	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$195	$78	—	—	0 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$78.15	$78.15	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$78.15	$78.15	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$78.15	$78.15	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$78.15	$78.15	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$78.15	$78.15	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$78.15	$78.15	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$78.15	$78.15	—	—	5 insurers
WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL	FL	$114	$74.1	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$224	$78.48	—	—	2 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$224	$78.48	—	—	2 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$144	$78.5	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$92	$73.6	$6.19	$92	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$92	$73.6	$6.19	$92	5 insurers
FRIEND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NE	$123	$73.6	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$122	$73.2	—	—	3 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$182	$72.8	—	—	5 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$200	$79.9	—	—	5 insurers