HCPCS C1753 · 453 hospitals reporting

Catheter; intravascular ultrasound

The same procedure costs $94.25 at one hospital and $11,494 at another — a 122× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,792.

Cheapest published

$94.25

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

Median across 453 hospitals

$1,792

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

Most expensive

$11,494

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

Price distribution

368 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.

453 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$5,119	$1,792	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$5,119	$1,792	—	—	1 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,522	$1,809	—	—	0 insurers
ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,650	$1,825	—	—	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$2,624	$1,836	—	—	2 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$3,490	$1,745	$0	$3,141	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$4,920	$1,722	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$4,920	$1,722	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$4,920	$1,722	—	—	5 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,330	$1,864	—	—	2 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$3,300	$1,716	—	—	0 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,300	$1,716	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$3,300	$1,716	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$3,300	$1,716	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,300	$1,716	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$3,300	$1,716	—	—	0 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$2,850	$1,881	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$6,461	$1,900	$1,680	$6,461	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$6,461	$1,900	$1,680	$6,396	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$4,780	$1,673	$2,055	$4,780	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$4,780	$1,673	$100	$4,780	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$2,372	$1,661	—	—	5 insurers
NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$5,530	$1,659	—	—	1 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$2,550	$1,658	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$2,550	$1,658	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER BISMARCK	ND	$2,063	$1,650	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,175	$1,631	—	—	2 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$2,175	$1,631	—	—	0 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,917	$1,967	—	—	5 insurers
CANYON VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$4,030	$1,612	—	—	2 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND	NJ	$1,611	$1,611	—	—	2 insurers
INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER MULLICA HILL	NJ	$1,611	$1,611	—	—	2 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$3,955	$1,978	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$4,567	$1,598	$822	$2,284	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$4,567	$1,598	$822	$2,284	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$4,567	$1,598	$822	$2,284	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$4,567	$1,598	$822	$2,284	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$4,567	$1,598	$822	$2,284	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$4,567	$1,598	$822	$2,284	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$4,567	$1,598	$822	$2,284	3 insurers