CPT 95824 · 980 hospitals reporting

Eeg cerebral death only

The same procedure costs $52.69 at one hospital and $12,146 at another — a 231× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $633.

Cheapest published

$52.69

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

Median across 980 hospitals

$633

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

Most expensive

$12,146

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

Price distribution

481 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	$1,472	$633	$1,030	$1,472	3 insurers
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,472	$633	$46.84	$6,343	5 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH	AL	$3,356	$638	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$1,254	$627	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$2,180	$641	$1,570	$1,788	2 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$2,180	$641	$46.84	$26,377	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$623	$623	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,167	$622	$875	$1,109	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,167	$622	$452	$2,053	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$622	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$622	—	—	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$725	$617	—	—	0 insurers
ABBEVILLE AREA MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$881	$616	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$1,866	$653	$345	$933	3 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,090	$654	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,090	$654	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,881	$658	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,881	$658	—	—	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$1,650	$660	—	—	1 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$954	$668	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$954	$668	—	—	5 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$1,194	$597	—	—	5 insurers
ST BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,009	$669	$603	$1,647	4 insurers
ST BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,009	$669	$46.84	$5,960	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$1,486	$594	—	—	1 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,346	$673	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$676	$676	—	—	4 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$979	$587	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$979	$587	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,154	$580	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$567	$347	$901	5 insurers