CPT 88291 · 996 hospitals reporting

Cyto/molecular report

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,890 at another — a 38× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $127.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 996 hospitals

$127

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

Most expensive

$1,890

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

Price distribution

335 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
ST JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL	NY	$149	$127	—	—	5 insurers
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$317	$127	—	—	2 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$297	$126	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$315	$126	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$315	$126	—	—	1 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$213	$128	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$278	$125	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$214	$128	$39.73	$208	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL	NC	$214	$128	$50.73	$208	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$309	$124	—	—	1 insurers
COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	GA	$191	$130	—	—	0 insurers
WYOMING COUNTY	NY	$308	$123	—	—	0 insurers
WYTHE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$308	$123	—	—	0 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$174	$131	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$204	$122	$37.06	$198	5 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$183	$119	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$297	$119	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$297	$119	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$297	$119	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$297	$119	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE HOOPESTON REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IL	$135	$135	—	—	5 insurers
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$197	$118	—	—	5 insurers
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	FL	$180	$117	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGTON HOSPITAL	ME	$381	$117	$114	$381	1 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SEBRING	FL	$195	$117	$22.48	$175	5 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$137	$137	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT FRANCIS BARTLETT MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$183	$137	—	—	5 insurers
IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$230	$138	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$135	$115	—	—	0 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$198	$139	$40	—	4 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$191	$115	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$140	$140	—	—	5 insurers
WESTSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$165	$140	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER SUNNYSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$165	$140	—	—	3 insurers
HIAWATHA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KS	$170	$111	$61.2	$162	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$157	$110	—	—	2 insurers
RUMFORD HOSPITAL	ME	$381	$110	$110	$381	1 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$230	$144	—	—	2 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$230	$144	—	—	2 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$230	$144	—	—	2 insurers