HCPCS A9516 · 1,017 hospitals reporting

Iodine i-123 sod iodide mic

The same procedure costs $51 at one hospital and $1,486 at another — a 29× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $161.

Cheapest published

$51

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

Median across 1,017 hospitals

$161

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

Most expensive

$1,486

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
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO	CA	$413	$161	$248	$413	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO	CA	$413	$161	$89.33	$447	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$296	$161	$228	$290	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$296	$161	$89.33	$290	5 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$215	$161	—	—	5 insurers
GROSSMONT HOSPITAL	CA	$213	$160	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$213	$160	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$213	$160	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$221	$163	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$265	$159	—	—	3 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$159	$159	—	—	3 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$397	$159	—	—	0 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$243	$166	$131	$231	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$243	$166	$79.1	$231	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$243	$166	$131	$231	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$243	$166	$79.1	$231	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$332	$166	—	—	2 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$277	$166	—	—	2 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$184	$156	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$184	$156	—	—	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$426	$156	$298	$337	3 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$426	$156	$89.33	$337	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$155	$155	$155	$155	1 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$221	$155	$121	—	4 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$387	$155	—	—	0 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$193	$154	$0	$154	4 insurers
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$257	$154	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$257	$154	—	—	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$257	$154	—	—	5 insurers
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$257	$154	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$257	$154	—	—	5 insurers
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$257	$154	—	—	5 insurers