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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

Brain MRIlist price $4,990 / cash price $1,634Lower back MRIlist price $4,589 / cash price $1,334Knee MRIlist price $4,071 / cash price $1,446Abdominal and pelvic CTlist price $8,425 / cash price $2,567Head CTlist price $4,060 / cash price $1,326Screening mammogramlist price $481 / cash price $167Abdominal ultrasoundlist price $2,086 / cash price $674Echocardiogramlist price $4,469 / cash price $1,403Chest X-raylist price $801 / cash price $304Lower back X-raylist price $1,309 / cash price $489Abdominal X-raylist price $756 / cash price $232Knee X-raylist price $802 / cash price $266Shoulder X-raylist price $964 / cash price $331Hand X-raylist price $773 / cash price $305Pregnancy ultrasoundlist price $1,530 / cash price $522Pelvic ultrasoundlist price $1,874 / cash price $606Thyroid ultrasoundlist price $1,488 / cash price $538Chest CTlist price $4,799 / cash price $1,682Head CT with contrastlist price $5,268 / cash price $1,945Bone density scanlist price $741 / cash price $281

Procedures

Upper endoscopylist price $2,706 / cash price $1,096Epidural steroid injectionlist price $2,773 / cash price $887Joint injectionlist price $1,107 / cash price $337Stitcheslist price $780 / cash price $281

Surgery

Cataract surgerybilled $15,607 / medicare accepted $2,819Knee replacementbilled $102,062 / medicare accepted $18,851Hip replacementbilled $102,270 / medicare accepted $18,781Knee arthroscopybilled $25,950 / medicare accepted $3,749Rotator cuff repairbilled $57,745 / medicare accepted $7,784Gallbladder removalbilled $95,985 / medicare accepted $15,755Hernia repairbilled $28,980 / medicare accepted $3,919Appendix removalbilled $81,331 / medicare accepted $14,892

Emergency

Emergency room visitlist price $3,227 / cash price $1,131

Diagnostics

Sleep studylist price $6,534 / cash price $2,127EKGlist price $613 / cash price $224Cardiac stress testlist price $2,233 / cash price $813Lung function testlist price $589 / cash price $186

Labs

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

Visits

Office visitlist price $388 / cash price $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.