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
Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Hospital Randallia Fort Wayne, IN $695.50 not published
Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN $695.50 not published
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande, AZ $697.18 $312.23 – $2,841.75
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ $697.53 $161.08 – $1,456.18
Community Hospital Torrington, WY $698.56 $535.48 – $1,180.49
Washakie Medical Center Worland, WY $699.78 $584.16 – $1,180.49
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $707.50 not published
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert, AZ $708.54 $351.81 – $2,841.75
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ $709.26 $46.60 – $1,483.40
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $710.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport, WV $712.50 not published
Platte County Hospital Wheatland, WY $718.03 $584.16 – $1,180.49
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ $721.51 $81.52 – $1,483.40
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown, NY $721.80 $100.25 – $2,025.76
Ocean University Medical Center Brick, NJ $722.50 $147.90 – $722.50
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin, NJ $722.50 $147.90 – $787.53
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO $724.75 $81.35 – $867.90
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ $726.28 $43.61 – $1,610.89
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL PARRISH, FL $730.84 $100.70 – $102.82
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel, NJ $731.75 $731.75 – $878.09
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJ $731.75 $147.90 – $878.09
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank, NJ $731.75 $147.90 – $797.60
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy, NJ $732.38 $122.78 – $878.86
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison, NJ $732.38 $98.22 – $732.38
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ $735.07 $207.42 – $2,841.75
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden, SC $738.00 $314.27 – $656.88
Berger Hospital Circleville, OH $739.70 $238.50 – $238.50
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $739.80 $570.07 – $2,849.95
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center Hazard, KY $739.80 $537.27 – $537.27
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma, CA $742.33 $44.80 – $1,247.49
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley, CA $742.33 $2.63 – $1,311.06
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA $742.33 $44.80 – $1,152.14
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix, AZ $742.64 $351.81 – $2,841.75
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet, MI $755.00 not published
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph, MI $755.00 $615.57 – $923.35
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood, NJ $757.78 $200.86 – $1,437.78
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West, AZ $757.80 $207.42 – $3,031.20
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA $757.86 $832.37 – $832.37
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter, MO $765.05 $82.66 – $3,970.09
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln, NE $765.50 $156.82 – $1,224.80
Whitesburg ARH Hospital Whitesburg, KY $769.20 $351.03 – $351.03
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $772.00 not published
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC $775.10 $71.70 – $1,472.69
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte, NC $775.10 $57.79 – $1,426.18
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC $775.10 $71.70 – $1,426.18
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle, NC $775.10 $71.70 – $1,488.19
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte, NC $775.10 $72.42 – $1,364.18
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby, NC $775.10 $71.70 – $1,472.69
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord, NC $775.10 $71.70 – $1,472.69
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC $775.10 $71.70 – $1,472.69

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