Ventilator Management (first day) cost at US hospitals

Ventilator management, initial day · CPT 94002

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Ventilator Management (first day)

This is the physician work of putting a patient on a mechanical ventilator and running it on the first day — choosing the settings, reading the response, and changing them. It covers the management, not the machine, the bed, or the breathing tube.

$168.30

lowest cash price

$1,434.60

national median

$13,729.08

highest cash price

895

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $168.30–$13,729.08 — the variation is the story.

Most expensive published cash price

$13,729.08

HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE — Thornton, CO

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($1,032.25) → Sep 1, 2026 ($1,722.86)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 4 $1,282.32 $2,740.92 $5,325.84
Arizona 23 $402.62 $780.53 $2,338.79
Arkansas 11 $342.38 $910.00 $1,631.00
California 91 $176.40 $2,518.56 $10,725.92
Colorado 14 $619.45 $5,113.11 $13,729.08
Florida 77 $688.85 $3,513.79 $10,040.58
Georgia 25 $680.80 $2,465.58 $8,423.84
Hawaii 2 $1,424.64 $1,424.64 $1,710.00
Illinois 42 $346.25 $943.80 $1,973.86
Indiana 26 $472.50 $1,161.00 $1,819.80
Iowa 26 $324.96 $1,614.46 $5,054.00
Kansas 11 $936.40 $2,682.61 $2,682.61
Kentucky 21 $335.33 $776.40 $4,594.20
Louisiana 2 $935.48 $935.48 $935.48
Maine 7 $828.70 $2,198.60 $5,747.90
Maryland 2 $478.20 $478.20 $478.20
Michigan 27 $547.68 $1,326.00 $2,524.00
Minnesota 19 $827.96 $1,037.60 $1,508.80
Mississippi 11 $168.30 $481.44 $1,504.00
Missouri 20 $724.75 $898.15 $2,470.65
Montana 2 $1,054.40 $1,054.40 $1,844.00
Nebraska 13 $401.10 $575.45 $1,700.67
Nevada 4 $550.46 $1,187.16 $1,656.23
New Hampshire 1 $2,623.75 $2,623.75 $2,623.75
New Jersey 22 $284.00 $721.51 $778.55
New Mexico 2 $2,002.98 $2,002.98 $2,002.98
New York 23 $363.36 $782.32 $6,558.00
North Carolina 15 $775.10 $775.10 $4,375.00
North Dakota 4 $1,366.40 $1,433.60 $1,478.40
Ohio 63 $488.00 $1,308.45 $2,147.40
Oklahoma 17 $354.55 $1,164.15 $5,580.25
Oregon 12 $1,027.52 $1,982.25 $3,795.00
Pennsylvania 31 $293.40 $1,585.80 $3,613.60
South Carolina 11 $492.00 $1,470.50 $1,680.60
South Dakota 6 $1,486.40 $1,540.80 $1,748.00
Tennessee 36 $195.27 $377.85 $7,560.17
Texas 106 $202.95 $2,002.58 $12,876.68
Virginia 34 $195.27 $1,331.00 $3,147.00
Washington 31 $1,019.20 $2,581.38 $4,382.00
West Virginia 17 $551.00 $867.00 $2,457.50
Wisconsin 29 $403.33 $985.00 $4,594.20
Wyoming 4 $698.56 $699.78 $1,343.16

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian, MS $168.30 $598.64 – $1,360.55
ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA $176.40 $57.14 – $1,787.81
Dickenson Community Hospital CLINTWOOD, VA $195.27 $81.31 – $2,253.83
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE, TN $195.27 $81.31 – $1,723.30
Lee County Community Hospital PENNINGTON GAP, VA $195.27 $81.31 – $2,253.83
Johnson County Community Hospital MOUNTAIN CITY, TN $195.27 $81.31 – $1,706.89
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL, TN $198.90 $81.31 – $1,539.13
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY, TN $198.90 $81.31 – $1,641.24
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE, TN $198.90 $77.34 – $1,641.24
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE, TN $198.90 $81.31 – $1,692.12
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT, TN $198.90 $81.31 – $1,539.13
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT, TN $198.90 $81.31 – $1,444.24
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY, TN $198.90 $81.31 – $1,512.49
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON, VA $198.90 $81.31 – $1,516.45
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP, VA $198.90 $81.31 – $1,563.46
Russell County Hospital LEBANON, VA $198.90 $81.31 – $1,516.47
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION, VA $198.90 $81.31 – $1,516.45
Sycamore Shoals Hospital ELIZABETHTON, TN $198.90 $81.31 – $1,641.24
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling, TX $202.95 $92.87 – $1,927.80
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside, NJ $284.00 $394.00 – $394.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport, PA $293.40 $95.24 – $391.20
64-0362400 Anderson Regional South Campus Meridian, MS $306.00 $594.76 – $1,324.96
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell, TN $320.60 $98.21 – $1,030.50
Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock, VA $321.00 not published
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning, IA $324.96 $291.11 – $663.46
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley, IA $331.73 $236.95 – $663.46
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville, TN $332.05 $98.21 – $1,030.50
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling, KY $335.33 $191.51 – $832.65
26-1214372 NEA Baptist Jonesboro, AR $342.38 $114.42 – $1,218.36
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville, TN $343.50 $98.21 – $1,030.50
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown, TN $343.50 $98.21 – $1,030.50
TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Templeton, CA $344.12 $244.00 – $6,390.80
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights, IL $346.25 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale, IL $346.25 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange, IL $346.25 not published
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL $346.25 not published
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis, AR $351.90 $528.45 – $1,210.74
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa, OK $354.55 $104.17 – $2,515.40
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso, OK $354.55 $104.17 – $1,414.91
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville, OK $354.55 $104.17 – $1,515.38
Ascension St. John Nowata (Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital, Inc.) Nowata, OK $354.55 $104.17 – $200.47
Ascension St. John Sapulpa (St. John Sapulpa, Inc.) Sapulpa, OK $354.55 $104.17 – $174.82
Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (St. John Broken Arrow, Inc.) Jenks, OK $354.55 $104.17 – $109.90
Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur, NY $363.36 not published
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville, TN $366.40 $98.21 – $1,030.50
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City, MS $370.23 $578.52 – $895.62
Roane County Medical Center Harriman, TN $377.85 $98.21 – $1,030.50
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City, TN $377.85 $98.21 – $1,030.50
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville, TN $377.85 $98.21 – $1,030.50
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, TN $377.85 $98.21 – $1,030.50

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