HCPCS A9552 · 893 hospitals reporting

Fluorodeoxyglucose f-18 fdg; diagnostic; per study dose; up to 45 millicuries

The same procedure costs $60 at one hospital and $7,186 at another — a 120× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $485.

Cheapest published

$60

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

Median across 893 hospitals

$485

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

Most expensive

$7,186

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
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$831	$485	$465	$814	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$831	$485	$360	$814	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$831	$485	$465	$814	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$831	$485	$360	$814	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,369	$479	$383	$1,369	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,369	$479	$100	$1,369	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,369	$479	$356	$1,369	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,369	$479	$100	$1,369	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,369	$479	$356	$1,369	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,369	$479	$100	$1,369	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,369	$479	$356	$1,369	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,369	$479	$100	$1,369	5 insurers
COX BARTON COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$1,548	$494	—	—	0 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,628	$495	$1,172	$1,221	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,628	$495	$1,172	$1,221	2 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$994	$497	$173	$964	5 insurers
COX MONETT HOSPITAL	MO	$1,548	$472	—	—	2 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL	MI	$555	$472	—	—	4 insurers
WAYNE HOSPITAL	OH	$626	$470	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$716	$501	—	—	4 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$716	$501	—	—	4 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$1,628	$469	$1,172	$1,221	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$1,628	$469	$1,172	$1,221	2 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$670	$469	$0	$603	4 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$670	$469	$0	$603	3 insurers
COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$836	$502	—	—	1 insurers
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$836	$502	—	—	1 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$662	$463	$364	—	4 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$626	$463	—	—	5 insurers
JENNIE M MELHAM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$461	$461	—	—	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$927	$510	—	—	4 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$1,024	$512	—	—	1 insurers