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Rectal sensation, tone and stretch test with balloon

CPT 91124the billing code this page is about

A balloon in the rectum is inflated in graded steps to measure how much sensation is felt, the muscle tone, and how far the rectal wall stretches, including interpretation and a report.

Hospitals typically charge $651 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 214 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $646. Most fall between $270 and $1,115 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
214
States
39
Filings dated
Dec 2025 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 214 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$186$297$651$989$1,346

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($186 vs $1,346).

How the prices are spread

$146 – $183: 12 hospitals$146$183 – $229: 11 hospitals$229 – $287: 16 hospitals$229$287 – $360: 20 hospitals$360 – $452: 4 hospitals$360$452 – $566: 17 hospitals$566 – $710: 36 hospitals$566$710 – $890: 21 hospitals$890 – $1,116: 26 hospitals$890$1,116 – $1,399: 33 hospitals$1,116median $651price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (196 of 214 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$146$18312
$183$22911
$229$28716
$287$36020
$360$4524
$452$56617
$566$71036
$710$89021
$890$1,11626
$1,116$1,39933

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$221
Median cash price$651
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.0×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $651.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $860 across 17 hospitalsIL$860Wisconsin: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $221 across 11 hospitalsNY$221Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $170 across 13 hospitalsIN$170Ohio: median $989 across 16 hospitalsOH$989Pennsylvania: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $723 across 12 hospitalsCA$723Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,346 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,346Louisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $651 across 40 hospitalsTX$651Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $651. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oklahoma OK10$1,346+107%$1,346 – $1,346
Ohio OH16$989+52%$989 – $989
Illinois IL17$860+32%$860 – $1,157
California CA12$723+11%$121 – $6,158
Texas TX40$6510%$331 – $651
New York NY11$221−66%$221 – $270
Indiana IN13$170−74%$149 – $240
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $651.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care175$651$270 – $989
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access21$552$240 – $874
Ownership
For-profit17fewer than 20 hospitals
Government28$415$221 – $713
Non-profit168$668$291 – $1,157
System affiliation
Part of a system186$651$276 – $1,052
Independent28$504$265 – $1,124

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,086
Median cash price$651
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

140 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $651 and the average of the middle 60% is $660; most fall between $331 and $989.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 140 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$229$347$651$989$1,346

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($229 vs $1,346).

Of the 142 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 140 gave a usable cash price; 1 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

214 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 217 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted214
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here1
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code217

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rectal Sensation Tone&Compliance Study.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Rectal sensation, tone and stretch test with balloon (CPT 91124) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-91124-rectal-sensation-tone-and-stretch-test-with-balloon