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Medical costs

Cash prices for treatment people usually pay for themselves. Where insurance changes the number, the guide says so rather than quoting one figure and leaving it there.

24 guides, 24 of them carrying sourced price figures. United States · US dollars. Headline figures checked between 20 September and 9 October 2026.

Every guide in this category

How much does Invisalign cost? $5,108 national average, clear aligners Checked 9 October 2026 How much does LASIK cost? $1,560 per eye, standard LASIK Checked 20 September 2026 How much does a psychiatrist cost? $250 – $500+ first appointment, no insurance Checked 20 September 2026 How much does it cost to have a baby? $6,421.76 to $13,959.99 MS-DRG 807, an uncomplicated vaginal delivery, lowest and highest at one hospital on 1 April 2026 Checked 23 September 2026 How much does an MRI cost? $4,591.00 list, $2,065.95 cash CPT 70551, MRI of the brain without contrast, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does a colonoscopy cost? $3,232.00 list, $1,454.40 cash CPT 45378, a diagnostic colonoscopy, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does an ultrasound cost? $544.95 Boston cash price, complete abdominal ultrasound, CPT 76700; professional fees excluded Checked 25 September 2026 How much does a CT scan cost? $1,903.00 list, $856.35 cash CPT 70450, CT of the head without contrast, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does a knee replacement cost? $17,778.00 list, $8,000.10 cash CPT 27447, total knee arthroplasty, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does a mammogram cost? $732.00 list, $329.40 cash CPT 77067, bilateral screening mammogram, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does an X-ray cost? $414.00 to $863.00 a chest X-ray at one hospital, from one view to four or more, on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does an endoscopy cost? $2,216.00 to $6,219.00 four published prices for ONE endoscopy code, CPT 43235, at one hospital Checked 23 September 2026 How much does an echocardiogram cost? $5,935.00 a complete echocardiogram with Doppler at one hospital, CPT 93306 Checked 23 September 2026 How much does a PET scan cost? $6,214.00 list, $2,796.30 cash CPT 78815, PET/CT skull base to mid-thigh, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does an EKG cost? $218.00 list, $98.10 cash CPT 93005, the EKG tracing, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does a stress test cost? $1,185.00 list, $533.25 cash CPT 93017, the treadmill or drug stress test tracing, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does an ER visit cost? $1,141.75 CPT 99285, the highest ER level, facility charge at one hospital, list and cash alike Checked 25 September 2026 How much is a TB test? $63.00 list, $28.35 cash CPT 86580, the TB skin test, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much is a vasectomy? $5,766.00 list, $2,594.70 cash CPT 55250, a vasectomy, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much does deviated septum surgery cost? $4,270.00 list, $1,921.50 cash CPT 30520, a septoplasty, the hospital side at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much is a vasectomy reversal? $8,751.00 list, $3,937.95 cash CPT 55400, rejoining the vas deferens, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much is an STD test? $216.00 list, $97.20 cash CPT 87491, the chlamydia test, at one hospital on 13 March 2026; the gonorrhea test, 87591, is priced the same Checked 25 September 2026 How much is an allergy test? $48.00 list, $21.60 cash CPT 86003, a blood test for one allergen, at one hospital on 13 March 2026 Checked 25 September 2026 How much is a flu shot? $20.878 – $21.08 private sector price per dose, standard flu vaccine brands, 2026 to 2027 season Checked 5 October 2026
What each guide here publishes

A bar for each guide above that publishes sourced price figures, 24 of them, sized by how many figures it carries.

A bar for each guide above that publishes sourced price figures, 24 of them, sized by how many figures it carries.

Invisalign 7 figures
LASIK 6 figures
Psychiatrist 14 figures
Having a baby 49 figures
MRI 48 figures
Colonoscopy 24 figures
Ultrasound 24 figures
CT scan 66 figures
Knee replacement 10 figures
Mammogram 25 figures
X-ray 50 figures
Endoscopy 41 figures
Echocardiogram 47 figures
PET scan 41 figures
EKG 10 figures
Stress test 18 figures
ER visit 21 figures
TB test 18 figures
Vasectomy 21 figures
Septoplasty 18 figures
Vasectomy reversal 24 figures
STD test 40 figures
Allergy test 28 figures
Flu shot 22 figures

Counted from the same data the guides are built from. Each figure counted here is a headline stat or a priced table row on that guide, and every one names its source and that source's date on its own page.

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