CPT 88120 · 1,007 hospitals reporting

Cell examination of urine; manual

The same procedure costs $53.9 at one hospital and $2,646 at another — a 49× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $490.

Cheapest published

$53.9

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

Median across 1,007 hospitals

$490

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

Most expensive

$2,646

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

Price distribution

371 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
HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTANER	PR	$613	$490	—	—	4 insurers
NORTHWEST SURGICAL HOSPITAL	OK	—	$492	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$989	$495	—	—	5 insurers
HCA FLORIDA NORTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL	FL	$483	$483	—	—	0 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$670	$503	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,268	$507	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,268	$507	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$1,182	$473	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$1,182	$473	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$903	$470	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - NORTH LAS VEGAS	NV	$1,895	$468	$1,004	$1,548	2 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - NORTH LAS VEGAS	NV	$1,895	$468	$97.64	$2,649	5 insurers
BLESSING HOSPITAL	IL	$864	$518	—	—	5 insurers
ILLINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$864	$518	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$903	$461	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$1,107	$520	—	—	4 insurers
WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	HI	$1,123	$449	$290	$955	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$903	$533	—	—	5 insurers
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$1,337	$535	—	—	2 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$675	$439	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$434	$91.14	$546	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$434	$67.7	$704	5 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$434	$91.14	$546	5 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	$1,895	$434	$1,004	$1,548	2 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	$1,895	$434	$97.64	$2,649	5 insurers
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,895	$434	$1,004	$1,548	2 insurers
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,895	$434	$97.64	$2,649	5 insurers
SLEEPY EYE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$674	$427	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL	IL	$590	$425	—	—	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$839	$420	—	—	5 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$563	$563	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$600	$570	—	—	0 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$1,014	$406	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$1,014	$406	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$710	$397	—	—	5 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$834	$584	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$989	$396	—	—	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$524	$389	$445	$508	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$524	$389	$183	$638	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$746	$597	$184	$746	5 insurers