CPT 93888 · 1,012 hospitals reporting

Intracranial limited study

The same procedure costs $54.08 at one hospital and $2,117 at another — a 39× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $319.

Cheapest published

$54.08

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

Median across 1,012 hospitals

$319

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

Most expensive

$2,117

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

Price distribution

390 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 LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$912	$319	$410	$912	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$912	$319	$76.69	$1,135	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$912	$319	$392	$912	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$912	$319	$76.69	$912	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$912	$319	$392	$912	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$912	$319	$72.96	$912	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$912	$319	$392	$912	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$912	$319	$72.96	$912	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$529	$323	$259	$492	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$529	$323	$86.61	$492	5 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$923	$323	$78.51	$1,020	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$923	$323	$78.56	$785	5 insurers
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI	TN	$1,070	$313	—	—	0 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$854	$326	$512	$675	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$854	$326	$111	$854	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$548	$329	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$736	$309	$442	$626	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$736	$309	$101	$626	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$736	$309	$442	$626	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$736	$309	$89.71	$626	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$736	$309	$442	$626	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$736	$309	$87.59	$626	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$736	$309	$442	$626	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$736	$309	$86.61	$626	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$736	$309	$442	$626	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$736	$309	$86.61	$626	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$562	$309	—	—	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$372	$335	$315	$361	0 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$754	$302	—	—	1 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$754	$302	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$754	$302	—	—	2 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$754	$302	—	—	1 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$400	$300	—	—	0 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$1,500	$300	—	—	4 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$358	$340	—	—	0 insurers
UNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$372	$298	—	—	1 insurers
UNITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$372	$298	—	—	1 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$342	$342	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$673	$343	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$537	$295	—	—	5 insurers