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What hospitals charge a patient paying cash, taken from their own federal price transparency files. Same item, same code, very different prices.
$3.0010th percentile
$19.52Median
$98.7490th percentile
33×p90 vs p10
2,521Hospitals
A hospital at the 90th percentile charges about 33 times what one at the 10th percentile charges for the identical item. We quote percentiles rather than the raw extremes on purpose: hospitals report billing units inconsistently, which throws up implausible values at both ends. 177 hospitals were left out of this page for reporting a price more than 25 times away from the median, which almost always means they were pricing a different unit.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Torrington, CT | $0.74 | $0.74 | 0.0× |
| Oconto Hospital & Medical Center Oconto, WI | $0.75 | $1.15 | 0.0× |
| Abrazo West Campus Goodyear, AZ | $0.75 | $1.00 | 0.0× |
| Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile, AL | $0.75 | $0.75 | 0.0× |
| Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MI | $0.75 | $1.00 | 0.0× |
| Summit Medical Center LLC Casper, WY | $0.75 | $1.85 | 0.0× |
| Delta Health-the Medical Center Greenville, MS | $0.78 | $1.56 | 0.0× |
| Touchette Regional Hospital Centreville, IL | $0.79 | $1.27 | 0.0× |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA | $0.80 | $2.00 | 0.0× |
| Uci Health - Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, CA | $0.80 | $2.00 | 0.0× |
| Providence St Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA | $0.80 | $1.00 | 0.0× |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos Los Alamitos, CA | $0.80 | $2.00 | 0.0× |
| Uci Health - Placentia Linda Placentia, CA | $0.80 | $2.00 | 0.0× |
| Jackson Park Hospital Chicago, IL | $0.80 | $1.00 | 0.0× |
| Providence St Joseph Medical Ctr Polson, MT | $0.80 | $1.00 | 0.0× |
| Rome Memorial Hospital INC Rome, NY | $0.81 | $2.00 | 0.0× |
| Texas Spine and Joint Hospital Tyler, TX | $0.82 | $1.36 | 0.0× |
| Vaughan Regional Medical Center Selma, AL | $0.84 | $2.39 | 0.0× |
| St. Johns Regional Medical Center Oxnard, CA | $0.88 | $2.00 | 0.0× |
| Bassett Hospital of Schoharie County Cobleskill, NY | $0.88 | $2.00 | 0.0× |
| Ascension Providence Waco, TX | $0.90 | $2.50 | 0.0× |
| St Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood, KY | $0.90 | $2.24 | 0.0× |
| St. Elizabeth Florence Florence, KY | $0.90 | $2.24 | 0.0× |
| St Elizabeth Ft Thomas Ft. Thomas, KY | $0.90 | $2.24 | 0.0× |
| St Elizabeth - Grant County Williamstown, KY | $0.90 | $2.24 | 0.0× |
| Cookeville Regional Medical Center Cookeville, TN | $0.92 | $1.50 | 0.0× |
| CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island, NE | $0.92 | $1.56 | 0.0× |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY | $0.99 | $1.24 | 0.1× |
| Paradise Valley Hospital National City, CA | $1.00 | $5.50 | 0.1× |
| San Dimas Community Hospital San Dimas, CA | $1.00 | $4.90 | 0.1× |
| Mission Regional Medical Center Mission, TX | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Dallas Regional Medical Center Mesquite, TX | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Knapp Medical Center Weslaco, TX | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Dallas Medical Center Dallas, TX | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Harlingen Medical Center Harlingen, TX | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Pampa Regional Medical Center Pampa, TX | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Hansford County Hospital District Spearman, TX | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| HCA Florida Palms West Hospital Loxahatchee, FL | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Presence Resurrection Medical Center Chicago, IL | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Presence Mercy Medical Center Aurora, IL | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Presence St. Marys Hospital Kankakee, IL | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Presence Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, IL | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Presence Saint Joseph Hospital Elgin Elgin, IL | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS | $1.00 | $1.00 | 0.1× |
| The most expensive end | |||
| Spring Mountain Treatment Center Las Vegas, NV | $453 | $1,133 | 23.2× |
| Valley Hospital Medical Center Las Vegas, NV | $453 | $1,133 | 23.2× |
| Henderson Hospital Henderson, NV | $453 | $1,133 | 23.2× |
| Centennial Hills Hospital Las Vegas, NV | $453 | $1,133 | 23.2× |
| Spring Valley Hospital Medical Cntr Las Vegas, NV | $453 | $1,133 | 23.2× |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL | $421 | $421 | 21.6× |
| Guthrie County Hospital Guthrie Center, IA | $420 | $420 | 21.5× |
| Bayhealth Hospital Sussex Campus Milford, DE | $412 | $491 | 21.1× |
| Bayhealth Hospital Kent Campus Dover, DE | $412 | $491 | 21.1× |
| St Elizabeth Community Hosptial Red Bluff, CA | $376 | $644 | 19.3× |
| Davis Memorial Hospital Elkins, WV | $372 | $532 | 19.1× |
| Bronson Lakeview Hospital Paw Paw, MI | $366 | $458 | 18.8× |
| Bronson Battle Creek Battle Creek, MI | $366 | $458 | 18.8× |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital Kalamazoo, MI | $366 | $458 | 18.8× |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center Yuma, AZ | $360 | $554 | 18.5× |
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