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$ curl https://api.vemon.io/v1/healthcare/prices?procedure=5372
returns
848 facilities
median
$3,137
spread
198.9×
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A rotating sample of live queries. Level 2 Urology and Related Services: the lowest reported charge is $262 at Northern Maine Medical Center, against a national median of $3,137.

Level 2 Urology and Related Services

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Sourced fromCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesData year 2024Full provenance →
Price records
63,518
data year 2024
Facilities
2,993
49 states and DC, 2,139 cities
Procedure groups
68
APC classifications
Widest spread
199×
same procedure, nationwide

Every figure above is computed from the dataset at build time, not written by hand. One dataset is live today, covering every hospital paid under Medicare's outpatient system; the catalog grows from there.

What's in the data

The same procedure, priced 199× apart.

Most hospitals cluster in a narrow band. A long tail bills many times more for the identical procedure group — and until you load all of it, you cannot see which is which.

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median $3k$262$52k
848 hospitals reporting Level 2 Urology and Related Services. Buckets are log-spaced; the tail is real, not a rendering artefact.
Median allowed by MedicareMedian billed by hospital
  • Level 1 Endovascular Procedures$3k → $25k8.5×
  • Comprehensive Observation Services$2k → $19k7.9×
  • Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures$1k → $11k7.7×
  • Level 3 Airway Endoscopy$2k → $11k7.4×
  • Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures$3k → $23k7.4×
  • Level 4 Vascular Procedures$5k → $36k7.3×

And what is paid

Hospitals bill a median of 6.2× what Medicare allows.

The charge is close to a fiction — Medicare pays its own rate regardless. That gap is the single most useful thing in the file, and it is invisible until both columns sit side by side.

Across 63,518 rows carrying both figures. At the extreme, 100.7×.

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Facilities
848
Median
$3,137
Range
$262–$52,123
Spread
198.9×
Level 2 Urology and Related Services, submitted charges by facility, lowest first
FacilityLocationCharge
Northern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, ME$262
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura, CA$267
Campbell County Memorial HospitalGillette, WY$385
Memorial Hospital Sweetwater CountyRock Springs, WY$405
Sauk Prairie HospitalPrairie Du Sac, WI$417
Northwestern Medical Center INCSaint Albans, VT$429
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson CampusTucson, AZ$446
Winona Health ServicesWinona, MN$459
Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Healthcare HospitMiddlesboro, KY$460
Banner-university Medical Center South CampusTucson, AZ$467
St Mary's Medical CenterHuntington, WV$477
Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT$479
Munson Healthcare Manistee HospitalManistee, MI$546
St Luke's Magic Valley RmcTwin Falls, ID$550
Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta, CO$594
St Luke's Nampa Medical CenterNampa, ID$643
St Luke's Regional Medical CenterBoise, ID$680
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon, IL$695
Memorial HospitalLogansport, IN$712
Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah, CA$718
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine, WI$719
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston, MO$723
Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM$728
Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington, VT$742
Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME$777

Medicare outpatient submitted charges. Not commercial negotiated rates. Full provenance →

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quickstart.py
# pip install vemon
from vemon import Client

client = Client("vm_live_…")

prices = client.healthcare.prices(
    procedure="5372",
)

print(prices.summary.median_charge)
# 3,137

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