HCPCS J1438 · 763 hospitals reporting

J1438

The same procedure costs $68.2 at one hospital and $10,022 at another — a 147× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,369.

Cheapest published

$68.2

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

Median across 763 hospitals

$1,369

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

Most expensive

$10,022

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

Price distribution

212 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
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$3,367	$1,347	—	—	0 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$3,367	$1,347	—	—	0 insurers
UCSF HEALTH SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL	CA	$1,986	$1,390	$736	$2,128	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$3,833	$1,342	$843	$3,833	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$3,833	$1,342	$490	$3,833	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$3,833	$1,342	$843	$3,833	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$3,833	$1,342	$594	$3,833	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$3,833	$1,342	$843	$3,833	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$3,833	$1,342	$594	$3,833	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$3,833	$1,342	$843	$3,833	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$3,833	$1,342	$594	$3,833	0 insurers
AdventHealth Palm Coast	FL	$2,309	$1,270	$191	$2,078	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,836	$1,469	—	—	0 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,759	$1,504	—	—	0 insurers
ST BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,568	$1,521	$914	$3,746	0 insurers
ST BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,568	$1,521	$247	$3,883	0 insurers
PARKVIEW DEKALB HOSPITAL	IN	$2,300	$1,150	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL	IN	$2,300	$1,150	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WHITLEY HOSPITAL	IN	$2,300	$1,150	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW NOBLE HOSPITAL	IN	$2,300	$1,150	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW WABASH HOSPITAL, INC	IN	$2,300	$1,150	—	—	0 insurers
PARKVIEW LAGRANGE HOSPITAL	IN	$2,300	$1,150	—	—	0 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$1,139	$791	$791	0 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$4,027	$1,611	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$4,058	$1,623	—	—	0 insurers
GRANVILLE HEALTH SYSTEMS	NC	$2,046	$1,637	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,121	$1,652	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,121	$1,652	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,121	$1,652	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,121	$1,652	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$4,135	$1,654	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$4,135	$1,654	—	—	0 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,754	$1,074	—	—	0 insurers
LANAI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$2,754	$1,074	—	—	0 insurers
KULA HOSPITAL	HI	$2,754	$1,074	—	—	0 insurers
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$3,938	$1,674	—	—	0 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$3,938	$1,674	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,516	$1,061	$39	$1,516	0 insurers
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,516	$1,061	$773	$1,630	0 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,647	$1,059	—	—	0 insurers