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
Springfield Medical Center Springfield, OH $1,440.00 not published
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis, MO $1,442.87 $95.76 – $95.76
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits, CA $1,462.50 $44.80 – $327.00
Lorain Hospital Lorain, OH $1,464.60 not published
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence, SC $1,470.50 $429.17 – $632.05
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson, TX $1,471.56 $630.67 – $2,102.22
Corewell Health Pennock Hastings, MI $1,473.00 not published
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids, MI $1,473.00 not published
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont, MI $1,473.00 not published
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75, MI $1,473.00 not published
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville, MI $1,473.00 not published
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland, MI $1,473.00 not published
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND $1,478.40 $89.88 – $1,663.20
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park, TX $1,483.66 $92.87 – $1,927.80
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $1,486.40 $628.05 – $1,672.20
Willard Hospital Willard, OH $1,486.80 not published
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby, MN $1,497.60 $453.21 – $1,684.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington, MN $1,500.00 $461.86 – $1,687.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham, TX $1,501.44 $309.05 – $2,252.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station, TX $1,501.44 $481.96 – $2,252.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple, TX $1,501.44 $775.74 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco, TX $1,501.44 $178.00 – $1,876.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple, TX $1,501.44 $375.36 – $2,252.16
39-3714515 BMH Oktibbeha County STARKVILLE, MS $1,504.00 $152.00 – $1,271.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne, MN $1,508.80 $456.60 – $1,697.40
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton, SD $1,511.20 $646.04 – $1,700.10
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena, TX $1,517.25 $100.00 – $3,251.25
Barnesville Hospital Barnesville, OH $1,520.50 not published
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City, IA $1,523.50 $67.34 – $1,100.73
Tiffin Hospital Tiffin, OH $1,527.60 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK, CA $1,530.88 not published
San Bernardino - Fontana Medical Center FONTANA, CA $1,530.88 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE, CA $1,530.88 not published
Orange County Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA $1,530.88 not published
Downey Medical Center Downey, CA $1,530.88 not published
South Bay Medical Center HARBOR CITY, CA $1,530.88 not published
San Marcos Medical Center SAN MARCOS, CA $1,530.88 not published
West Los Angeles Medical Center LOS ANGELES, CA $1,530.88 not published
Woodland Hills Medical Center WOODLAND HILLS, CA $1,530.88 not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY, CA $1,530.88 not published
San Diego Clairemont Mesa Medical Center SAN DIEGO, CA $1,530.88 not published
Los Angeles Sunset Medical Center LOS ANGELES, CA $1,530.88 not published
Moreno Valley Medical Center MORENO VALLEY, CA $1,530.88 not published
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain, SD $1,540.80 $658.69 – $1,733.40
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville, WA $1,542.10 not published
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston, VA $1,550.00 not published
RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA $1,558.92 $52.79 – $11,691.90
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190, IL $1,561.70 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL $1,561.70 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane, WA $1,566.53 $688.43 – $757.27

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