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
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway, NJ $383.38 $94.78 – $1,437.78
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA $401.10 $110.40 – $625.60
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE $401.10 $125.12 – $625.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NE $401.10 $125.12 – $625.60
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha, NE $401.10 $103.04 – $625.60
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE $401.10 $117.76 – $625.60
CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE $401.10 $132.48 – $625.60
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson, AZ $402.62 $351.81 – $1,571.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson, AZ $402.62 $320.38 – $1,571.20
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin, WI $403.33 $312.77 – $898.72
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee, WI $403.33 $312.77 – $898.72
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee, WI $403.33 $312.77 – $898.72
45-2896080 MBMC Leake Carthage, MS $406.35 $578.52 – $895.62
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London, KY $409.65 $163.94 – $1,044.68
Massena Hospital Massena, NY $410.21 not published
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood, AR $421.98 $148.00 – $528.45
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton, AR $422.81 $148.00 – $488.04
UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA $426.00 $75.61 – $787.85
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City, TN $428.20 $525.18 – $1,207.32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea, KY $435.78 $249.42 – $822.64
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington, KY $439.44 $267.38 – $995.54
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven, MS $469.20 $166.00 – $1,695.04
Parkview Logansport Hospital Logansport, IN $472.50 not published
UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland, MD $478.20 $664.00 – $664.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia, IL $479.60 $662.03 – $695.14
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IL $479.60 not published
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville, MS $481.44 $565.32 – $1,648.84
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville, TN $485.18 $105.84 – $873.61
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro, TN $485.18 $70.84 – $886.40
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville, TN $485.18 $70.84 – $886.40
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township, NJ $487.11 $77.59 – $1,437.78
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville, OH $488.00 $590.40 – $757.68
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center Chester, SC $492.00 $425.00 – $656.88
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville, TN $492.66 $70.84 – $1,210.74
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson, AZ $501.38 $351.81 – $915.30
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJ $502.26 $47.93 – $1,437.78
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta, TN $509.54 $70.84 – $873.61
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville, TN $509.54 $70.84 – $873.61
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington, KY $515.37 $256.99 – $995.54
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson, MS $517.23 $577.28 – $1,680.48
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY $519.75 $216.09 – $1,114.75
Urbana Hospital Urbana, OH $523.80 not published
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford, MS $539.58 $147.00 – $1,684.03
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport, PA $547.20 $130.31 – $693.31
Henry Ford River District Hospital China Township, MI $547.68 $105.39 – $1,230.69
Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon, NV $550.46 $374.66 – $1,383.36
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton, WV $551.00 not published
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville, PA $551.40 $130.31 – $680.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon, TN $553.61 $70.84 – $1,207.32
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA $561.75 $44.80 – $1,629.68

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