HCPCS J1720 · 1,330 hospitals reporting

Inject, hydrocortisone 100mg

The same procedure costs $50.06 at one hospital and $941 at another — a 19× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $90.94.

Cheapest published

$50.06

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

Median across 1,330 hospitals

$90.94

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

Most expensive

$941

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

Price distribution

436 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
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$182	$90.97	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$260	$90.91	—	—	2 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$260	$90.91	—	—	2 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$227	$90.6	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$227	$90.6	—	—	5 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$227	$90.6	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$227	$90.6	—	—	5 insurers
BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$227	$90.6	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$227	$90.6	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$183	$91.54	—	—	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$150	$90.14	$0	$135	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$136	$92.4	$73.25	$129	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$136	$92.4	$44.15	$129	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$136	$92.4	$73.25	$129	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$136	$92.4	$44.15	$129	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$105	$89.25	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$105	$89.25	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$178	$88.99	—	—	5 insurers
MEADE DISTRICT HOSPITAL	KS	$88.64	$88.64	$23.74	$79.78	1 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$307	$93.35	$169	$230	4 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$307	$93.35	$153	$230	3 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$307	$88.47	$169	$230	4 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$307	$88.47	$153	$230	3 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$283	$87.73	—	—	5 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$118	$94.48	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$118	$94.48	—	—	5 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$95	$95	$15	$117	0 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$173	$86.52	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$191	$95.45	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$174	$95.46	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$174	$95.46	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$148	$86.1	$89.07	$140	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$148	$86.1	$22.33	$140	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$120	$95.99	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$115	$85.88	—	—	5 insurers
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$321	$96.3	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$131	$85.43	—	—	5 insurers
BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL	PA	$122	$85.4	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$121	$96.58	—	—	5 insurers
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$434	$84.97	—	—	0 insurers