CPT 21502
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 chest lesion
Low
$549
Average
$3.2k
Median
$2.8k
High
$6.9k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
22 payers; the 90th percentile is 5.4× 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 | Humana other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 41 | $2.0k | $1.9k | $792 | 41% | — | $969 – $5.0k |
| 2 | Tricare other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 13 | $2.9k | $2.4k | $805 | 33% | — | $1.2k – $3.2k |
| 3 | Oscar other · both · +1 other terms | 9 | $1k | $1k | — | — | — | $1k – $1k |
| 4 | Cigna other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 7 | $7.5k | $6.0k | $3.0k | 49% | — | $1.3k – $8.7k |
| 5 | Molina facility · other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 6 | $2.3k | $4.4k | $3.5k | 80% | — | $1.7k – $10.7k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 6 | $3.5k | $2.7k | $1.1k | 40% | — | $524 – $3.8k |
| 7 | Aetna other · both · +3 other terms | 5 | $562 | $611 | $110 | 18% | — | $562 – $857 |
| 8 | Caresource other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 5 | $6.5k | $7.4k | $1.6k | 21% | — | $5.8k – $9.4k |
| 9 | MultiPlan other · outpatient | 5 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $167 | 14% | — | $995 – $1.5k |
| 10 | Phcs other · outpatient | 4 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield other · both · +2 other terms | 3 | $910 | $907 | $55 | 6% | — | $872 – $1.1k |
| 12 | First Health other · outpatient | 3 | $1.7k | $1.6k | $82 | 5% | — | $1.5k – $1.7k |
| 13 | Anthem facility · other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $340 | 15% | — | $2.0k – $2.6k |
| 14 | Regence other · outpatient | 2 | $3.6k | $3.6k | $60 | 2% | — | $3.5k – $3.7k |
| 15 | Ambetter facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 16 | Bcbs Al other · outpatient | 1 | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 17 | Bcbs Ca facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 18 | Devoted facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 19 | Kaiser facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $556 | $556 | — | — | — | $556 – $556 |
| 20 | Medicare professional · other · outpatient | 1 | $549 | $549 | — | — | — | $549 – $549 |
| 21 | Optum facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 22 | WellCare facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
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