84 procedures with published pricing. Cash pay ranges from $2 to $32,500.
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia publishes cash-pay pricing for 84 procedures, as required by federal law under 45 CFR Part 180. The median cash price across all published procedures is $51, with individual procedure prices ranging from $2 to $32,500 as of 2026-04-18. Source: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Machine-Readable File. ProcedureRadar.
By Kevin Monangai, Founder, ProcedureRadar.
Hospital profile pages are what we wish existed when our own family was trying to figure out a bill. Each one shows every procedure that hospital publishes, pulled straight from its own federally mandated transparency file, one of roughly 3,500 we track and refresh monthly. We link back to the raw file every time, so you can verify the prices yourself. No middleman, no spin.
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children's cash pay prices range from $2 (Urinalysis) to $32,500 (Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)).
| Category | Range | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urinalysis | lab | $2 | $2 to $49 | Low |
| Blood Draw (Venipuncture) | lab | $3 | $3 to $13 | Low |
| Hemoglobin A1C | lab | $7 | $7 to $254 | Low |
| Complete Blood Count (CBC) | lab | $8 | $8 to $152 | Low |
| Liver Function Panel | lab | $9 | $9 to $434 | Low |
| Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) | lab | $9 | $9 to $410 | Low |
| Chest X-Ray | imaging | $10 | $10 to $499 | Low |
| Vitamin D Test | lab | $11 | $11 to $137 | Low |
| Asthma Management | other | $11 | $11 to $1,731 | Low |
| Blood Test | lab | $12 | $12 to $526 | Low |
| Flu Vaccination | preventive | $13 | $13 to $305 | Low |
| Cholesterol Management | cardiac | $14 | $14 to $470 | Low |
| Foot X-Ray | imaging | $14 | $14 to $888 | Low |
| Hand/Wrist X-Ray | imaging | $14 | $14 to $963 | Low |
| IV Drug Infusion | therapy | $15 | $15 to $215 | Low |
| Prostate Cancer Screening | other | $15 | $15 to $78 | Low |
| Therapeutic Injection | preventive | $15 | $15 to $164 | Low |
| Shoulder X-Ray | imaging | $20 | $20 to $1,078 | Low |
| X-Ray of the Knee | imaging | $20 | $20 to $838 | Low |
| Thyroid Test (TSH) | lab | $20 | $20 to $644 | Low |
| IUD Insertion | other | $21 | $21 to $2,332 | Low |
| Bone Density Scan | imaging | $22 | $22 to $542 | Low |
| Laceration Repair | emergency | $22 | $22 to $209 | Low |
| Ankle X-Ray | imaging | $23 | $23 to $888 | Low |
| Pelvic Ultrasound | imaging | $23 | $23 to $420 | Low |
| Moderate Sedation | other | $23 | $23 to $151 | Low |
| Small Joint Injection | surgery | $25 | $25 to $88 | Low |
| Intermediate Joint Injection | surgery | $26 | $26 to $2,593 | Low |
| Lumbar Spine X-Ray | imaging | $27 | $27 to $1,676 | Low |
| Abscess Drainage (I&D) | emergency | $29 | $29 to $1,467 | Low |
| Cortisone Shot (Joint Injection) | surgery | $29 | $29 to $1,839 | Low |
| Pathology (Surgical Specimen) | lab | $29 | $29 to $1,000 | Low |
| Hip/Pelvis X-Ray | imaging | $31 | $31 to $1,238 | Low |
| Skin Tag Removal | other | $38 | $38 to $1,164 | Low |
| Trigger Point Injection | therapy | $38 | $38 to $972 | Low |
| Hypertension Management | cardiac | $38 | $38 to $164 | Low |
| IV Hydration | therapy | $39 | $39 to $990 | Low |
| Wound Debridement | surgery | $40 | $40 to $4,276 | Low |
| Diabetes Management | other | $43 | $43 to $182 | Low |
| Abdominal Ultrasound | imaging | $46 | $46 to $2,123 | Low |
| Mole Removal | other | $46 | $46 to $1,716 | Low |
| Occupational Therapy | therapy | $50 | $50 to $1,205 | Low |
| Chemotherapy Administration | other | $52 | $52 to $630 | Low |
| Dialysis | other | $53 | $53 to $807 | Low |
| Physical Therapy | therapy | $53 | $53 to $1,205 | Low |
| Hospital Observation | other | $53 | $53 to $2,168 | Low |
| COPD Management | other | $55 | $55 to $233 | Low |
| Stress Test | cardiac | $57 | $57 to $3,974 | Low |
| EKG (Electrocardiogram) | cardiac | $58 | $58 to $1,982 | Low |
| Laryngoscopy | other | $60 | $60 to $4,276 | Low |
| Skin Lesion Destruction | other | $60 | $60 to $2,332 | Low |
| Paracentesis | diagnostic | $67 | $67 to $4,276 | Low |
| Breast Biopsy | other | $75 | $75 to $2,332 | Low |
| Emergency Room Visit | emergency | $75 | $75 to $1,985 | Low |
| Circumcision | surgery | $79 | $79 to $972 | Low |
| CT Spine | imaging | $107 | $107 to $5,069 | Low |
| Carotid Ultrasound | imaging | $108 | $108 to $3,424 | Low |
| Sleep Study (Polysomnography) | diagnostic | $121 | $121 to $8,351 | Low |
| CT Head | imaging | $122 | $122 to $7,451 | Low |
| Toenail Removal | surgery | $139 | $139 to $1,164 | Low |
| Cystoscopy | diagnostic | $157 | $157 to $4,276 | Low |
| Bronchoscopy | diagnostic | $163 | $163 to $2,135 | Low |
| Endoscopy | preventive | $186 | $186 to $4,276 | Low |
| MRI Spine | imaging | $228 | $228 to $8,921 | Low |
| MRI of the Brain | imaging | $240 | $240 to $8,328 | Low |
| MRI of the Knee | imaging | $240 | $240 to $8,033 | Low |
| MRI of the Shoulder | imaging | $240 | $240 to $7,738 | Low |
| CT Chest | imaging | $240 | $240 to $8,876 | Low |
| Total Hip Replacement | surgery | $289 | $289 to $4,276 | Low |
| CT Abdomen and Pelvis | imaging | $305 | $305 to $8,522 | Low |
| Echocardiogram | imaging | $322 | $322 to $4,350 | Low |
| MRI of the Abdomen | imaging | $379 | $379 to $9,879 | Low |
| Spinal Fusion | surgery | $380 | $380 to $1,905 | Low |
| Thoracentesis | other | $388 | $388 to $4,276 | Low |
| Allergy Testing Panel | diagnostic | $494 | $494 to $494 | Low |
| Pacemaker Insertion | cardiac | $563 | $563 to $13,534 | Low |
| Critical Care | emergency | $578 | $578 to $29,957 | Low |
| ACL Reconstruction | surgery | $600 | $600 to $2,559 | Low |
| Central Line Insertion | other | $814 | $814 to $4,276 | Low |
| Vaginal Delivery | obstetric | $1,025 | $1,025 to $9,837 | Low |
| Cardiac Ablation | other | $1,164 | $1,164 to $33,892 | Low |
| Angioplasty with Stent (PCI) | other | $1,839 | $1,839 to $14,882 | Low |
| Cardiac Catheterization | cardiac | $1,839 | $1,839 to $11,132 | Low |
| Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap) | other | $32,500 | $32,500 to $162,338 | Low |
This hospital's pricing is published per federal mandate.
Disclosure required by 45 CFR Part 180.
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