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What hospitals charge a cash payer

Unlike the dollar ratings elsewhere on this site, these are real published prices in real dollars, taken from hospitals' own federal price transparency files. They are what someone paying cash is quoted, not what an insurer pays.

Hospital observation care, per hour

2,490 hospitals · median $106 · typical range $29.00 to $607
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PSA prostate cancer screening blood test

2,396 hospitals · median $101 · typical range $25.00 to $226
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One unit of red blood cells for transfusion

2,952 hospitals · median $451 · typical range $197 to $1,088
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Ketorolac (Toradol) pain injection, 15 mg

2,648 hospitals · median $21.00 · typical range $4.53 to $70.63
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Ondansetron (Zofran) anti-nausea injection, 1 mg

2,413 hospitals · median $13.68 · typical range $1.85 to $75.00
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Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) antibiotic injection, 250 mg

2,468 hospitals · median $52.88 · typical range $8.36 to $306
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Dexamethasone steroid injection, 1 mg

2,521 hospitals · median $19.52 · typical range $3.00 to $98.74
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Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) injection, 50 mg

2,599 hospitals · median $17.04 · typical range $2.66 to $71.09
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Cefazolin (Ancef) antibiotic injection, 500 mg

2,430 hospitals · median $36.04 · typical range $7.51 to $157
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Fentanyl citrate injection, 0.1 mg

2,442 hospitals · median $38.68 · typical range $5.27 to $216
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Heparin blood thinner injection, 1000 units

2,448 hospitals · median $42.15 · typical range $8.25 to $170
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Gentamicin antibiotic injection, 80 mg

2,537 hospitals · median $32.00 · typical range $5.31 to $156
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Only services coded in HCPCS Level II appear here. That code set is owned by CMS and free to publish. The majority of hospital prices are keyed to CPT codes, which the American Medical Association licenses, so we deliberately leave those out rather than reproduce them. Why that matters.