CPT 91020 · 836 hospitals reporting

Motility gastric

The same procedure costs $63.84 at one hospital and $5,637 at another — a 88× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,074.

Cheapest published

$63.84

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

Median across 836 hospitals

$1,074

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

Most expensive

$5,637

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

Price distribution

156 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
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,557	$1,074	$1,534	$2,173	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,557	$1,074	$384	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$1,534	$2,173	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$387	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$1,534	$2,173	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$358	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$1,534	$2,173	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$387	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$1,534	$2,173	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,557	$1,074	$387	$3,259	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,688	$1,075	—	—	0 insurers
BETHESDA HOSPITAL EAST	FL	$1,650	$1,073	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST SURGICAL HOSPITAL	OK	—	$1,077	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$3,216	$1,126	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$3,216	$1,126	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$959	$319	$959	3 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$1,400	$1,190	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$3,625	$943	$435	$3,081	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK	CA	$1,224	$1,224	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA	CA	$1,224	$1,224	—	—	5 insurers
EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL	CA	$1,224	$1,224	—	—	5 insurers
COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL	CA	$1,224	$1,224	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,720	$917	$1,290	$1,634	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,720	$917	$452	$2,053	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,688	$1,266	—	—	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,553	$854	—	—	5 insurers
DALE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,692	$846	—	—	0 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$845	$347	$1,343	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$845	$347	$1,151	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$845	$347	$1,191	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,649	$841	—	—	4 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$3,832	$1,341	$1,242	$3,449	3 insurers