CPT 97610 · 873 hospitals reporting

Ultrasound non-therm low freq non-cont

The same procedure costs $50.17 at one hospital and $3,732 at another — a 74× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $257.

Cheapest published

$50.17

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

Median across 873 hospitals

$257

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

Most expensive

$3,732

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

Price distribution

236 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
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$641	$257	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$641	$257	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$735	$257	—	—	2 insurers
PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$507	$256	$152	$507	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$737	$258	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$737	$258	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$737	$258	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$737	$258	—	—	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$639	$256	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$639	$256	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$639	$256	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$639	$256	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$639	$256	—	—	3 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$528	$255	$243	$480	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$528	$255	$146	$480	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$499	$254	—	—	4 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$436	$262	—	—	1 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$627	$251	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$456	$251	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$250	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL	CA	—	$249	$153	$352	5 insurers
HUNT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$383	$249	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$528	$249	$480	$480	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$528	$249	$124	$480	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$435	$265	$213	$405	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$435	$265	$31.76	$849	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$380	$266	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$380	$266	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$613	$245	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$613	$245	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$502	$276	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$502	$276	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$348	$237	$188	$331	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$348	$237	$113	$331	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$348	$237	$188	$331	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$348	$237	$113	$331	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$469	$235	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$766	$232	$102	$612	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$404	$283	$209	$404	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$515	$283	—	—	5 insurers