CPT 88249 · 857 hospitals reporting

Chromosome analysis 100

The same procedure costs $72.8 at one hospital and $13,606 at another — a 187× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $575.

Cheapest published

$72.8

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

Median across 857 hospitals

$575

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

Most expensive

$13,606

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

Price distribution

175 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
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,434	$575	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,434	$575	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,434	$575	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,434	$575	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,434	$575	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,075	$573	$806	$1,021	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,075	$573	$137	$1,032	5 insurers
HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL	MI	$729	$547	$67.07	$235	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,553	$544	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,553	$544	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$1,553	$544	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$1,553	$544	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$1,553	$544	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,434	$609	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$1,043	$522	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,043	$522	—	—	5 insurers
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$520	$520	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST SURGICAL HOSPITAL	OK	—	$520	—	—	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$1,272	$636	—	—	4 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$1,782	$642	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$781	$508	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$492	$492	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$612	$490	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,243	$684	—	—	5 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$756	$453	—	—	2 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,179	$707	$173	$1,026	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,179	$707	$173	$1,026	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,179	$707	$173	$1,026	5 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$1,179	$707	$173	$1,179	5 insurers
LAKE REGION HEALTHCARE CORPORATION	MN	$678	$441	—	—	0 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$727	$436	$173	$1,179	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$543	$434	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$543	$434	—	—	2 insurers