CPT 88274 · 1,081 hospitals reporting

Cytogenetics 25-99

The same procedure costs $50.96 at one hospital and $2,998 at another — a 59× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $164.

Cheapest published

$50.96

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

Median across 1,081 hospitals

$164

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

Most expensive

$2,998

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

Price distribution

409 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$469	$164	$43	$120	3 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$193	$164	—	—	1 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$235	$165	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$235	$165	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$331	$166	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$331	$166	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$331	$166	—	—	5 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$331	$166	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$331	$166	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$249	$162	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$461	$161	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$461	$161	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$461	$161	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$397	$159	$361	$361	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$397	$159	$29.59	$361	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$397	$159	$361	$361	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$397	$159	$29.59	$361	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$288	$158	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$288	$158	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$288	$158	—	—	5 insurers
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL	MI	$211	$158	—	—	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$158	$158	—	—	5 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$158	$158	$85.21	$180	4 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$271	$171	$190	$263	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$271	$171	$42.38	$263	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$254	$157	—	—	5 insurers