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
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJ $566.46 $80.54 – $1,475.98
CHI Health Plainview Plainview, NE $568.68 $412.97 – $916.80
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $572.46 $75.05 – $87.56
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler, NE $575.45 $145.02 – $766.50
UPMC Kane Kane, PA $576.00 $130.31 – $415.01
Parkview Bryan Hospital Bryan, OH $591.00 $614.62 – $1,843.86
Parkview Montpelier Hospital Montpelier, OH $591.00 not published
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati, OH $595.80 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati, OH $595.80 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia, OH $595.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH $595.80 not published
Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH $595.80 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati, OH $595.80 not published
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth, NJ $598.38 $45.27 – $1,445.00
UPMC Altoona Altoona, PA $600.00 $130.31 – $800.00
Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH $607.80 not published
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo, WI $617.65 not published
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX $619.20 $100.00 – $3,715.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston, TX $619.20 $100.00 – $3,715.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine, TX $619.20 $100.00 – $4,293.12
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling, CO $619.45 $339.54 – $1,180.49
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $621.50 not published
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg, VA $627.30 not published
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix, AZ $627.69 $95.13 – $2,239.40
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine, KY $639.00 not published
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa, AZ $644.13 $351.81 – $2,841.75
East Morgan County Hospital Brush, CO $648.66 $512.84 – $1,180.49
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA $654.00 not published
Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ $661.19 $83.49 – $1,437.78
Parkview Whitley Hospital & Parkview Kosciusko Hospital Columbia City, IN $662.00 not published
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJ $662.46 $58.58 – $1,549.31
Parkview Huntington Hospital Huntington, IN $663.00 not published
Southeastern Medical Center Cambridge, OH $666.25 $584.48 – $607.86
Parkview LaGrange Hospital Lagrange, IN $666.50 not published
Parkview DeKalb Hospital Auburn, IN $672.50 not published
Parkview Noble Hospital Kendallville, IN $674.50 not published
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa, AZ $677.03 $95.13 – $2,239.40
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia Ringgold, GA $680.80 $121.00 – $1,863.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson, TN $680.80 $105.43 – $1,610.00
Parkview Wabash Hospital Wabash, IN $682.50 not published
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton, WI $684.00 $95.79 – $1,334.68
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh, WI $684.00 $95.79 – $1,334.68
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala, NE $688.82 $535.48 – $1,180.49
Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) Saint Johns, FL $688.85 $223.23 – $1,360.38
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $688.85 $223.23 – $1,360.38
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $688.85 $223.23 – $1,360.38
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Middleburg, FL $688.85 $223.23 – $1,360.38
UPMC Northwest Seneca, PA $691.80 $130.31 – $680.70
HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL TAMARAC, FL $692.25 $103.55 – $105.73
OSF Healthcare Saint Katharine Medical Center Dixon, IL $694.40 not published

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