CPT 87338 · 1,650 hospitals reporting

Detection test by immunoassay technique for helicobacter pylori (gi tract bacteria) in stool

The same procedure costs $50.31 at one hospital and $1,437 at another — a 29× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $115.

Cheapest published

$50.31

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

Median across 1,650 hospitals

$115

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

Most expensive

$1,437

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
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$288	$115	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$144	$115	—	—	3 insurers
ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSP MENOMONEE FALLS CAMPUS	WI	$275	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ROSEBUD HEALTH CARE CENTER	MT	$115	$115	—	—	5 insurers
MEADE DISTRICT HOSPITAL	KS	$115	$115	$40.25	$104	0 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$119	$115	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$119	$115	—	—	5 insurers
ELKVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	OK	$193	$116	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$229	$115	$142	$183	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$229	$115	$13.93	$195	5 insurers
NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL	MN	$276	$116	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA	MN	$182	$114	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$233	$117	—	—	1 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$171	$117	$92.34	$162	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$171	$117	$10.07	$162	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$171	$117	$92.34	$162	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$171	$117	$10.07	$162	5 insurers
ST MARYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$389	$117	—	—	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH TURTLE LAKE	ND	$160	$114	$114	$152	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH TURTLE LAKE	ND	$160	$114	$14.38	$158	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$130	$117	$124	$127	0 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$167	$117	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$167	$117	—	—	5 insurers
ARKANSAS METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$225	$113	—	—	0 insurers
SHARE MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$173	$112	—	—	0 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$621	$118	—	—	5 insurers
KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER LLC	KS	$187	$112	—	—	5 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$179	$118	—	—	5 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$187	$112	—	—	0 insurers
TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VA	$296	$118	—	—	0 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$140	$112	—	—	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$140	$112	—	—	5 insurers
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$140	$112	—	—	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$279	$112	—	—	0 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$119	$119	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$119	$119	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$119	$119	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$119	$119	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$278	$111	—	—	2 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$177	$119	—	—	3 insurers