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Costs

What things actually cost

Hospitals publish one number and accept another. Where hospitals publish a cash price, that is what you see here next to their list price. Where they do not, the figures are what Medicare is billed and what it accepts.

Imaging

List price

Cash price

Brain MRI$4,990$1,634Lower back MRI$4,589$1,334Knee MRI$4,071$1,446Abdominal and pelvic CT$8,425$2,567Head CT$4,060$1,326Screening mammogram$481$167Abdominal ultrasound$2,086$674Echocardiogram$4,469$1,403Chest X-ray$801$304Lower back X-ray$1,309$489Abdominal X-ray$756$232Knee X-ray$802$266Shoulder X-ray$964$331Hand X-ray$773$305Pregnancy ultrasound$1,530$522Pelvic ultrasound$1,874$606Thyroid ultrasound$1,488$538Chest CT$4,799$1,682Head CT with contrast$5,268$1,945Bone density scan$741$281

Procedures

List price

Cash price

Upper endoscopy$2,706$1,096Epidural steroid injection$2,773$887Joint injection$1,107$337Stitches$780$281

Surgery

Billed

Medicare accepted

Cataract surgery$15,607$2,819Knee replacement$102,062$18,851Hip replacement$102,270$18,781Knee arthroscopy$25,950$3,749Rotator cuff repair$57,745$7,784Gallbladder removal$95,985$15,755Hernia repair$28,980$3,919Appendix removal$81,331$14,892

Emergency

List price

Cash price

Emergency room visit$3,227$1,131

Diagnostics

List price

Cash price

Sleep study$6,534$2,127EKG$613$224Cardiac stress test$2,233$813Lung function test$589$186

Labs

List price

Cash price

Comprehensive metabolic panel$527$180Basic metabolic panel$356$99Cholesterol panel$69$25Complete blood count$211$59A1C test$143$35Thyroid test$123$53PSA test$106$40Liver function panel$446$116Urine test$151$58Blood draw$56$20COVID test$154$51Rapid flu test$146$46Hepatitis C test$157$47

Visits

List price

Cash price

Office visit$388$130

Hospital prices come from machine-readable files published under 45 CFR 180.50; those hospitals belong to one health system, so they are that system's published prices rather than a national average. Medicare figures come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2024 data. Each page names its own source.