APC 05181
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
REMOVAL INDWEL TUN PLEUAL CATH
Low
$498
Average
$1.6k
Median
$1.6k
High
$3.1k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
27 payers; the 90th percentile is 3.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Medical Mutual facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $2.2k | $2.1k | $172 | 8% | 3–30 | $2.0k – $2.4k |
| 2 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 86 | $624 | $1.9k | $1.6k | 83% | — | $459 – $4.4k |
| 3 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 20 | $643 | $2.2k | $1.7k | 77% | — | $638 – $4.3k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 18 | $784 | $1.4k | $1.2k | 83% | — | $344 – $5.3k |
| 5 | Aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 15 | $622 | $847 | $890 | 105% | — | $556 – $8.6k |
| 6 | Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 14 | $669 | $920 | $958 | 104% | — | $559 – $9.4k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 11 | $603 | $2.2k | $1.6k | 74% | — | $603 – $4.2k |
| 8 | Molina facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 8 | $830 | $1.3k | $1.2k | 94% | — | $584 – $5.5k |
| 9 | Anthem facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $2.2k | $1.7k | $740 | 44% | — | $584 – $3.0k |
| 10 | Clover fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $1.7k | 73% | — | $650 – $4.4k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 5 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $1.7k | 72% | — | $638 – $4.3k |
| 12 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 5 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $1.7k | 72% | — | $638 – $4.3k |
| 13 | Aetna Better Health facility · other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 4 | $371 | $371 | — | — | — | $371 – $371 |
| 14 | Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $1.8k | $2.2k | $2.6k | 115% | — | $794 – $8.2k |
| 15 | Cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 4 | $2.1k | $2.4k | $1.1k | 46% | — | $677 – $4.6k |
| 16 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $1.2k | $1.5k | $1.5k | 104% | — | $600 – $4.5k |
| 17 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 4 | $704 | $715 | $36 | 5% | — | $641 – $741 |
| 18 | Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $1.1k | $2.4k | $2.8k | 115% | — | $623 – $9.6k |
| 19 | Bcbs Mi facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 3 | $618 | $614 | $7 | 1% | — | $603 – $634 |
| 20 | Carefirst facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $741 | $712 | $40 | 6% | — | $657 – $741 |
| 21 | Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $672 | $922 | $1.3k | 136% | — | $672 – $9.4k |
| 22 | MultiPlan facility · other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 3 | $1.1k | $3.2k | $8.2k | 258% | — | $767 – $35k |
| 23 | Bcbs Ca facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $3.2k | $3.1k | $3.0k | 96% | — | $803 – $20.1k |
| 24 | Cigna Healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $620 | $620 | $68 | 11% | — | $604 – $906 |
| 25 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $590 | $590 | $46 | 8% | — | $537 – $641 |
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