CPT 87491 · 1,726 hospitals reporting

Detection test by nucleic acid for chlamydia trachomatis; amplified probe technique

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,051 at another — a 21× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $118.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,726 hospitals

$118

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

Most expensive

$1,051

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
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$169	$118	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$169	$118	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$295	$118	—	—	2 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND	NJ	$119	$119	—	—	3 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER MULLICA HILL	NJ	$119	$119	—	—	3 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$140	$119	—	—	5 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$340	$119	$25.26	$289	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$340	$119	$25.26	$289	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$238	$119	—	—	2 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$117	$117	—	—	3 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$199	$119	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$117	$117	—	—	0 insurers
JENNIE M MELHAM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$117	$117	—	—	1 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$177	$117	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$405	$117	$292	$304	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$405	$117	$35.09	$304	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$291	$116	—	—	5 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$393	$116	$318	$318	3 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$393	$116	$27.6	$318	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$150	$120	—	—	0 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$179	$116	—	—	5 insurers
SHERIDAN COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$116	$116	—	—	0 insurers
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$145	$116	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$290	$116	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$290	$116	—	—	1 insurers
MONTEFIORE NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL	NY	$178	$116	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$121	$121	—	—	5 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$128	$115	—	—	1 insurers
WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	HI	$304	$122	$34.39	$258	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$286	$114	—	—	1 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$134	$114	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$134	$114	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$142	$114	—	—	5 insurers
BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL	PA	$175	$123	—	—	3 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$284	$114	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$307	$123	—	—	4 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC + SPINE	TX	$226	$113	—	—	1 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL	TX	$226	$113	—	—	1 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$405	$123	$292	$304	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$405	$123	$35.09	$304	5 insurers