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
HC PUNC/ASPIR BREAST CYST
Low
$1
Average
$2.5k
Median
$2.0k
High
$20.4k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 1194 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 9.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 2 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 24–42 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 3 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $517 | $1.2k | $1.0k | 84% | 22–40 | $474 – $3.2k |
| 4 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center Greenfield, MA | $4.6k | $4.6k | — | — | 12–120 | $4.6k – $4.6k |
| 5 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $1.5k | $1.5k | $328 | 22% | 12–120 | $1.0k – $2.0k |
| 6 | Methodist Olive Branch Hospital OLIVE BRANCH, MS | $1.1k | $1.0k | $350 | 34% | 6–60 | $250 – $1.3k |
| 7 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $8.5k | $8.3k | $1.8k | 22% | 5–50 | $5.1k – $10.3k |
| 8 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $5.7k | $6.0k | $1.2k | 20% | 5–50 | $3.8k – $8.2k |
| 9 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS | $2.6k | $2.5k | $200 | 8% | 4–40 | $2.2k – $2.6k |
| 10 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 4–40 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
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