HCPCS U0002 · 1,097 hospitals reporting

Covid-19 pcr, inhouse

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,500 at another — a 30× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $92.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,097 hospitals

$92

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

Most expensive

$1,500

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

Price distribution

358 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
FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NE	$92	$92	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NE	$92	$92	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$263	$92.05	$171	$197	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$263	$92.05	$40.95	$263	5 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$108	$91.8	—	—	4 insurers
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL	CA	$132	$92.4	$48.39	$132	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$231	$92.4	—	—	1 insurers
HUTCHINSON HEALTH	MN	—	$91.48	$0	$103	2 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$130	$91	—	—	5 insurers
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
ARH OUR LADY OF THE WAY	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
BECKLEY ARH HOSPITAL	WV	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
ROANE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$155	$93	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$150	$90	—	—	5 insurers
DOWN EAST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	ME	$89.79	$89.79	—	—	0 insurers
CLOVIS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$112	$89.6	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$255	$89.25	$115	$255	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$255	$89.25	$36.94	$255	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$255	$89.25	$110	$255	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$255	$89.25	$36.94	$255	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$255	$89.25	$110	$255	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$255	$89.25	$36.94	$255	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$255	$89.25	$110	$255	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$255	$89.25	$36.94	$255	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK	CA	$95	$95	—	—	4 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA	CA	$95	$95	—	—	5 insurers
EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL	CA	$95	$95	—	—	0 insurers
COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL	CA	$95	$95	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$177	$88.55	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$177	$88.55	—	—	4 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$239	$95.6	—	—	5 insurers