CPT 87278 · 1,217 hospitals reporting

Legion pneumophilia ag if

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,041 at another — a 21× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $101.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,217 hospitals

$101

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

Most expensive

$1,041

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

Price distribution

271 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	$404	$101	—	—	5 insurers
AHN EMERUS WESTMORELAND, LLC	PA	$133	$99.89	—	—	5 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$99.85	$99.85	—	—	5 insurers
HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$143	$99.75	—	—	5 insurers
ASHLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	UT	$179	$98.45	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$173	$104	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$252	$98.03	$27.72	$207	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$252	$98.03	$10.1	$232	5 insurers
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$105	$105	$14.09	$36.19	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$149	$96.85	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$275	$96.25	—	—	5 insurers
ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSP MENOMONEE FALLS CAMPUS	WI	$229	$96.01	—	—	5 insurers
CHI OAKES HOSPITAL	ND	$204	$106	$149	$198	5 insurers
CHI OAKES HOSPITAL	ND	$204	$106	$15.6	$198	5 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$127	$95.25	—	—	1 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$107	$107	$30.79	$66.3	4 insurers
WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	HI	$237	$94.8	$15.29	$201	5 insurers
UCHEALTH YAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$105	$94.5	—	—	5 insurers
CLINTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	OK	$118	$94.4	—	—	4 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$180	$108	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$93.6	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$93.6	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$93.6	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$93.6	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$93.6	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$93.6	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$93.6	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$204	$109	$153	$194	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$204	$109	$12.32	$196	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$156	$109	—	—	5 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$465	$93	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$185	$92.63	$14.65	$167	5 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$231	$92.4	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$235	$92	—	—	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$131	$110	$118	$128	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$131	$110	$15.6	$128	5 insurers
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL -	MA	$111	$111	$15.6	$66.3	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$131	$111	$118	$128	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$131	$111	$15.6	$128	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$112	$112	—	—	5 insurers