CPT 94799 · 1,131 hospitals reporting

Other service or procedure on lung

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $2,880 at another — a 58× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $183.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,131 hospitals

$183

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

Most expensive

$2,880

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
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$243	$182	—	—	2 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$307	$184	$3,986	$8,427	5 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$461	$184	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$461	$184	—	—	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$466	$182	—	—	0 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$185	$185	—	—	5 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$309	$185	—	—	0 insurers
OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$464	$185	—	—	1 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$312	$181	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$225	$180	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$225	$180	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$299	$179	—	—	2 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$343	$179	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$291	$189	—	—	5 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$382	$191	—	—	1 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$382	$191	—	—	1 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$501	$175	—	—	3 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$343	$175	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$317	$174	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$419	$174	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$387	$194	—	—	0 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$387	$194	—	—	0 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$555	$194	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$555	$194	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$555	$194	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$555	$194	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$555	$194	—	—	5 insurers
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH	CO	$278	$195	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	PA	$247	$198	—	—	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$585	$168	$439	$486	4 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$585	$168	$194	$585	5 insurers
MARIA PARHAM MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$496	$199	—	—	0 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$331	$199	$72.82	$331	5 insurers