CPT 93355 · 700 hospitals reporting

Echo transesophageal (tee)

The same procedure costs $85.8 at one hospital and $19,097 at another — a 223× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,084.

Cheapest published

$85.8

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

Median across 700 hospitals

$1,084

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

Most expensive

$19,097

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

Price distribution

380 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
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$1,359	$1,087	—	—	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,352	$1,082	$676	$1,217	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$1,352	$1,082	$676	$1,217	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL-BLACKWELL	OK	$1,352	$1,082	$676	$1,217	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$3,073	$1,097	$2,796	$2,796	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$3,073	$1,097	$439	$2,796	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,669	$1,068	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,000	$1,120	—	—	5 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$2,503	$1,126	$2,002	$2,128	3 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$2,503	$1,126	$193	$20,963	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$3,391	$1,032	$2,442	$2,544	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$3,391	$1,032	$2,442	$2,544	2 insurers
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL	CA	$3,210	$1,168	$1,380	$2,632	4 insurers
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL	CA	$3,210	$1,168	$193	$24,323	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$1,691	$998	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$1,802	$1,171	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$1,802	$1,171	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,955	$1,187	$2,689	$2,689	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,955	$1,187	$722	$2,689	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,955	$1,187	$2,689	$2,689	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,955	$1,187	$722	$2,689	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$3,391	$978	$2,442	$2,544	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$3,391	$978	$2,442	$2,544	2 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,207	$1,207	$1,207	$1,207	1 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$3,029	$1,212	—	—	0 insurers
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$944	$944	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$2,571	$942	$2,340	$2,340	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$2,571	$942	$538	$2,340	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$9,404	$940	—	—	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,075	$1,230	—	—	0 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$3,075	$1,230	—	—	0 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,831	$934	—	—	4 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,831	$934	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$1,552	$931	—	—	3 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$3,405	$913	$1,839	$2,860	2 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$3,405	$913	$211	$2,860	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$1,824	$912	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$908	$908	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,691	$879	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,554	$1,303	$1,890	$2,299	3 insurers