What hospitals charge, in the open.
Since 2021, every U.S. hospital has had to publish its prices in a machine-readable file. The files are nearly impossible to read by a human. Hospital Price Book collects them and turns them into prices you can compare: 5,419 hospitals, 4,333 published procedure prices and counting.
Most compared procedures
Median cash $81.60 · typical insurance $20.58 · 120 hospitals
Median cash $65.50 · typical insurance $16.92 · 120 hospitals
Median cash $84.56 · typical insurance $24.99 · 120 hospitals
Median cash $56.16 · typical insurance $15.54 · 120 hospitals
Median cash $89.98 · typical insurance $32.50 · 120 hospitals
Median cash $62.22 · typical insurance $19.42 · 119 hospitals
Median cash $88.92 · typical insurance $49.77 · 119 hospitals
Median cash $228 · typical insurance $135 · 116 hospitals
MRI Lumbar Spine Without Contrast: the same procedure, a 65x price spread
Lowest typical price: Jefferson Medical Center (Ranson, WV) at $77.00. Highest: Alliancehealth Durant (Durant, OK) at $4,987. Compare all 111 hospitals.
Colonoscopy With Biopsy: the same procedure, a 59x price spread
Lowest typical price: Northwest Health - Porter (Valparaiso, IN) at $185. Highest: Grandview Medical Center (Birmingham, AL) at $10,997. Compare all 70 hospitals.
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