HCPCS J0485 · 955 hospitals reporting

Belatacept (nulojix) 1mg inj

The same procedure costs $254 at one hospital and $9,058 at another — a 36× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,047.

Cheapest published

$254

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

Median across 955 hospitals

$2,047

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

Most expensive

$9,058

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

Price distribution

266 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
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,412	$2,047	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,412	$2,047	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	MO	$3,412	$2,047	$3.89	$2,968	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,412	$2,047	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$3,412	$2,047	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$3,412	$2,047	$3.89	$3,412	5 insurers
NORTON-KING'S DAUGHTERS' HEALTH	IN	$9,311	$2,048	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$4,849	$2,037	$2,910	$4,122	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$4,849	$2,037	$3.29	$4,122	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$2,910	$4,122	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$3.29	$4,122	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$2,910	$4,122	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$3.29	$4,122	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$2,910	$4,122	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$3.29	$4,122	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$2,910	$4,122	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$4,849	$2,037	$3.29	$4,122	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$2,575	$2,060	$3.62	$2,575	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$2,575	$2,060	$3.62	$2,575	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$4,621	$2,079	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD THIEF RIVER FALLS MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,510	$2,008	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$2,498	$1,998	$3.68	$4.15	5 insurers
ST JOHNS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,000	$2,100	$4.54	$3,000	5 insurers
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$7,003	$2,101	—	—	0 insurers
GRADY GENERAL HOSPITAL	GA	—	$1,958	—	—	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$3,923	$2,138	$3,021	$3,845	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$3,923	$2,138	$4.12	$3,845	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$4,888	$1,955	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$4,888	$1,955	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$3,592	$2,155	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$3,592	$2,155	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$3,592	$2,155	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$3,592	$2,155	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$3,592	$2,155	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$3,592	$2,155	$3.89	$5,377	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$3,201	$1,920	—	—	3 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$4,751	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,200	$2,200	—	—	0 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,887	$1,887	$726	$2,502	0 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$4,691	$1,876	—	—	3 insurers