CPT 93986 · 1,061 hospitals reporting

Complete ultrasound of artery and vein blood flow pre-op assessment on side of body for hemodialysis

The same procedure costs $56.12 at one hospital and $4,874 at another — a 87× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $330.

Cheapest published

$56.12

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

Median across 1,061 hospitals

$330

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

Most expensive

$4,874

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

Price distribution

458 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
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$767	$330	$537	$767	3 insurers
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$767	$330	$129	$6,343	5 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$658	$329	—	—	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$827	$331	—	—	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$473	$331	—	—	2 insurers
COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	GA	$488	$332	—	—	0 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$855	$333	—	—	1 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$557	$334	$105	$557	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$464	$325	$88.16	$891	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$421	$337	$108	$379	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$421	$337	$108	$379	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL-BLACKWELL	OK	$421	$337	$108	$379	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$967	$338	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$967	$338	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$967	$338	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$967	$338	—	—	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$484	$339	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$484	$339	—	—	5 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON HEALTH	NC	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL	TN	$2,117	$318	—	—	5 insurers