CPT 91034 · 988 hospitals reporting

Sp-esophageal ph study

The same procedure costs $63.84 at one hospital and $6,528 at another — a 102× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $818.

Cheapest published

$63.84

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

Median across 988 hospitals

$818

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

Most expensive

$6,528

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

Price distribution

348 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 - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$2,338	$818	$491	$1,328	3 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$1,573	$798	$1,416	$1,542	3 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$1,573	$798	$123	$17,538	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,136	$795	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$1,136	$795	—	—	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$1,300	$793	—	—	0 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$845	$124	$1,343	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$845	$124	$1,151	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$845	$124	$1,191	5 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$1,198	$791	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,231	$781	$246	$2,960	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$1,951	$780	—	—	1 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$1,114	$780	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$1,114	$780	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,417	$779	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,417	$779	—	—	4 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$2,145	$772	—	—	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$1,535	$768	—	—	1 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,086	$760	$206	$1,504	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,264	$758	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,264	$758	—	—	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,033	$878	—	—	0 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$1,480	$888	$166	$1,421	1 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$2,452	$746	$1,766	$1,839	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$2,452	$746	$601	$2,646	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$2,530	$744	$1,822	$2,075	2 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$2,530	$744	$77.61	$10,004	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$2,235	$894	—	—	1 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$2,239	$739	—	—	1 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,634	$735	$2,107	$2,292	2 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,634	$735	$77.61	$4,054	5 insurers