HCPCS J9190 · 1,053 hospitals reporting

Fluorouracil, 500mg

The same procedure costs $50.01 at one hospital and $748 at another — a 15× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $116.

Cheapest published

$50.01

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

Median across 1,053 hospitals

$116

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

Most expensive

$748

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

Price distribution

198 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
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$296	$115	—	—	1 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$195	$117	—	—	2 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LUFKIN	TX	$335	$117	$3.7	$301	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LIVINGSTON	TX	$335	$117	$3.7	$469	5 insurers
ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$229	$114	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$229	$114	—	—	5 insurers
UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS	OH	$152	$114	—	—	0 insurers
UH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$152	$114	—	—	0 insurers
UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$152	$114	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS - ELYRIA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$152	$114	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AHUJA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$152	$114	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$175	$114	—	—	5 insurers
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$379	$114	—	—	0 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$412	$119	$227	$309	4 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$412	$119	$206	$309	3 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$225	$113	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$190	$111	$106	$186	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$190	$111	$2.21	$186	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$190	$111	$106	$186	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	CO	$190	$111	$2.21	$186	5 insurers
HAVASU REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$181	$108	—	—	0 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	OH	$193	$125	—	—	0 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$412	$125	$227	$309	4 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$412	$125	$206	$309	3 insurers
WAYNE HOSPITAL	OH	$140	$105	—	—	0 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$121	$103	—	—	5 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$170	$102	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$170	$102	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$375	$134	$341	$341	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$375	$134	$2.63	$341	5 insurers
CLOVIS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$168	$135	—	—	0 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$312	$96.72	—	—	5 insurers
UP HEALTH SYSTEM PORTAGE	MI	$159	$95.64	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$375	$137	$341	$341	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$375	$137	$2.63	$341	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$344	$138	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$344	$138	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$310	$140	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$186	$140	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$107	$91.04	$96.66	$105	5 insurers