CPT 93978 · 1,442 hospitals reporting

Complete ultrasound of aorta; vena cava; groin vessels or bypass grafts

The same procedure costs $56 at one hospital and $14,617 at another — a 261× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $629.

Cheapest published

$56

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

Median across 1,442 hospitals

$629

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

Most expensive

$14,617

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

Price distribution

500 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
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$1,048	$629	—	—	5 insurers
BECKLEY ARH HOSPITAL	WV	$1,048	$629	—	—	5 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$739	$628	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH DELAND	FL	$1,141	$627	$59.83	$1,027	5 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,264	$632	—	—	5 insurers
ADAMS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$781	$625	$92.57	$742	4 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$1,777	$634	$1,617	$1,617	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$1,777	$634	$219	$1,617	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,060	$636	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$730	$621	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$750	$638	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KS	$751	$638	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$799	$639	—	—	5 insurers
GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$799	$639	—	—	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,683	$618	$1,178	$1,330	3 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,683	$618	$188	$13,913	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$882	$617	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$882	$617	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN	FL	$1,121	$617	$127	$1,009	5 insurers
WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	PA	$803	$642	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL	MN	$1,470	$615	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,230	$643	$1,606	$1,673	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,230	$643	$274	$1,673	5 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,534	$614	—	—	0 insurers
THE PHYSICIANS' HOSPITAL IN ANADARKO	OK	$1,076	$646	$176	$1,076	5 insurers
RURAL WELLNESS STROUD HOSPITAL	OK	$1,076	$646	$176	$1,399	5 insurers
RURAL WELLNESS FAIRFAX HOSPITAL	OK	$1,076	$646	$176	$1,291	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN	MI	$862	$647	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$1,051	$610	$631	$988	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$1,051	$610	$462	$988	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$1,740	$609	$178	$1,479	5 insurers
ST JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL	NY	$765	$650	—	—	5 insurers
PARK NICOLLET METHODIST HOSPITAL	MN	—	$607	$352	$1,628	1 insurers
ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,304	$652	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,304	$652	—	—	4 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$911	$601	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$911	$601	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$1,878	$657	$939	$939	1 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$1,878	$657	$113	$939	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$998	$599	$181	$968	5 insurers