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
DRAIN NECK/CHEST LESION
Low
$131
Average
$4.6k
Median
$3.1k
High
$141.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ | $1.5k | $5.6k | $4.5k | 80% | 11–110 | $1.5k – $10.6k |
| 2 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ | $11.6k | $11.6k | $2.6k | 22% | 10–100 | $9.0k – $14.2k |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $1.1k | $1.4k | $737 | 52% | 7–70 | $541 – $2.9k |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $1.0k | $1.3k | $698 | 52% | 7–70 | $513 – $2.7k |
| 5 | Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN | $5.6k | $4.2k | $2.5k | 59% | 4–40 | $53 – $7.5k |
| 6 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $2.0k | $2.1k | $1.1k | 50% | 4–40 | $971 – $18.5k |
| 7 | Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire 54703-5270 | $2.9k | $2.4k | $750 | 32% | 4–40 | $642 – $7.6k |
| 8 | Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN | $5.6k | $4.2k | $2.5k | 59% | 4–40 | $53 – $7.5k |
| 9 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH | $3.2k | $2.7k | $835 | 31% | 3–30 | $1.2k – $3.4k |
| 10 | Central Washington Health Services Association Wenatchee, WA | $4.7k | $5.6k | $2.7k | 48% | 3–30 | $1.4k – $10.0k |
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