HCPCS A9517 · 936 hospitals reporting

Nm-i-131 na iodide cap/15mci

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,233 at another — a 25× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $98.48.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 936 hospitals

$98.48

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

Most expensive

$1,233

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

Price distribution

278 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	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$246	$98.48	—	—	4 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$246	$98.48	—	—	1 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$246	$98.48	—	—	2 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$246	$98.48	—	—	1 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$246	$98.48	—	—	1 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$246	$98.48	—	—	4 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$246	$98.48	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$122	$97.9	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$122	$97.9	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$122	$97.9	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$195	$97.5	—	—	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$249	$99.5	—	—	0 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE GRAYLING HOSPITAL	MI	$118	$100	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$118	$100	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$118	$100	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL	MI	$118	$100	—	—	3 insurers
PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$118	$100	—	—	3 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$190	$95	—	—	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - HOPEWELL	NJ	$94	$94	—	—	4 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND	NJ	$104	$104	—	—	3 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER MULLICA HILL	NJ	$104	$104	—	—	3 insurers
CLOVIS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$116	$92.8	—	—	2 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$183	$91.58	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$301	$105	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$301	$105	—	—	1 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$125	$106	—	—	3 insurers
LORING HOSPITAL	IA	$112	$89.6	—	—	0 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$88	$88	—	—	0 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$124	$87.04	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$86	$86	—	—	5 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$90	$85.5	—	—	5 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$186	$112	—	—	5 insurers
GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$256	$83.46	$143	$205	4 insurers