CPT 87328 · 1,518 hospitals reporting

Detection test by immunoassay technique for cryptosporidium (parasite)

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $649 at another — a 13× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $89.88.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,518 hospitals

$89.88

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

Most expensive

$649

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

Price distribution

443 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
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$214	$89.88	$128	$182	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$214	$89.88	$13.39	$182	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$214	$89.88	$128	$182	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$214	$89.88	$13.39	$182	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$214	$89.88	$128	$182	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$214	$89.88	$13.39	$182	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$214	$89.88	$128	$182	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$214	$89.88	$13.39	$182	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$214	$89.88	$128	$182	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$214	$89.88	$13.39	$182	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD HEALTH CENTER	MN	$120	$89.76	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$89.64	$89.64	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$89.64	$89.64	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$89.64	$89.64	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$89.64	$89.64	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$89.64	$89.64	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$89.64	$89.64	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$89.64	$89.64	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$112	$89.6	—	—	4 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$347	$90.22	$13.54	$295	5 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$92	$89.24	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$92	$89.24	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$107	$90.95	—	—	3 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER - BONNE TERRE	MO	$148	$88.8	$13.82	$144	5 insurers
AHN EMERUS WESTMORELAND, LLC	PA	$118	$88.8	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$111	$88.8	—	—	5 insurers
FRIEND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NE	$152	$90.98	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$107	$91.18	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$107	$91.18	—	—	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$114	$91.2	$14.8	$103	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$114	$91.2	$14.8	$103	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL-BLACKWELL	OK	$114	$91.2	$14.8	$103	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH FULTON COUNTY HOSPITAL	AR	$126	$88.2	—	—	5 insurers
TALLAHATCHIE GENERAL HOSPITAL-CAH	MS	$126	$88.2	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$191	$91.68	$115	$187	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$191	$91.68	$13.82	$187	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$88	$88	—	—	0 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$91.8	$91.8	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$123	$92.25	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$123	$92.25	—	—	0 insurers