HCPCS A9503 · 1,109 hospitals reporting

Technetium tc-99m medronate; diagnostic; per study dose; up to 30 millicuries

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,052 at another — a 21× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $121.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,109 hospitals

$121

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

Most expensive

$1,052

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
PARKVIEW DEKALB HOSPITAL	IN	$242	$121	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL	IN	$242	$121	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WHITLEY HOSPITAL	IN	$242	$121	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW NOBLE HOSPITAL	IN	$242	$121	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL, INC	IN	$242	$121	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW LAGRANGE HOSPITAL	IN	$242	$121	—	—	0 insurers
BURKE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$170	$121	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$161	$121	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$303	$121	—	—	0 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$303	$121	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$303	$121	—	—	0 insurers
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL	MI	$162	$122	—	—	0 insurers
LORING HOSPITAL	IA	$152	$122	—	—	0 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$162	$122	—	—	5 insurers
ELKVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	OK	$200	$120	—	—	0 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$153	$122	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$123	$13	$104	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$123	$13	$115	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$123	$13	$115	5 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$123	$13	$104	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$298	$119	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$410	$123	—	—	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$198	$119	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$176	$123	—	—	0 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$197	$118	—	—	1 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$165	$124	$13.18	$93	2 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$147	$118	—	—	5 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$249	$125	$99.6	$187	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$249	$125	$99.6	$187	4 insurers
MULTICARE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	WA	$312	$125	—	—	5 insurers
HUTCHINSON HEALTH	MN	—	$117	$0	$153	2 insurers
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$194	$116	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$194	$116	—	—	5 insurers
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$194	$116	—	—	5 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$155	$116	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$252	$126	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HEALTH	MI	$231	$127	—	—	0 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$143	$114	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$213	$114	$160	$202	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$213	$114	$138	$204	5 insurers