Pricedle #15: guess the hospital cash price
One real price a day from a US hospital's own price file. Guess what the hospital charges a patient paying cash, without insurance, in six tries: each guess says higher or lower, and two hints unlock on the way. A new game every day at midnight Eastern.
What does Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend, Vermont charge in cash for
Emergency room visit, level 5 of 5, high-complexity problem CPT 99285
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Grace Cottage Hospital lists $1,651.00 as its cash price for emergency room visit, level 5 of 5, high-complexity problem (its lowest outpatient cash price for CPT 99285). The median in Vermont is $1,297 across 11 hospitals, and $1,550 nationally; Medicare's 2026 rate for the same service is $608.
Every cash price at Grace Cottage Hospital · Level 5 ER visit prices in Vermont · across the US
How to play
- Type a price in dollars. Within 10% of the hospital's price wins.
- 🟨 within 25%, 🟧 within 50%, 🟥 further off; the arrow says whether to go higher or lower.
- After the second guess you see the national median, after the fourth the median in the state.
- Share your result: it shows your squares, not the price, so friends can still play.
The price is the hospital's discounted cash (self-pay) price, taken from the machine-readable file it must publish under 45 CFR 180.50. It is not a quote: the guide to paying cash says what to ask before treatment.