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 BRONCHOSCOPY W/ FLUORO & PLMT BRONCHIAL STENT INITIAL BRONCH
Low
$1
Average
$6.8k
Median
$6.5k
High
$36.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $6.3k | $6.3k | $330 | 5% | 2–20 | $5.9k – $6.6k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $5.6k | $5.6k | $293 | 5% | 2–20 | $5.3k – $5.9k |
| 4 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation Orleans, LA | $6.4k | $5.2k | $3.7k | 71% | 1–10 | $481 – $12.5k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 6 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $8.5k | $7.4k | $2.8k | 38% | 1–10 | $3.0k – $11.1k |
| 7 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 8 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $4.6k | $4.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.6k – $4.6k |
| 9 | Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica, CA | $7.2k | $7.2k | $246 | 3% | 1–10 | $6.9k – $7.4k |
| 10 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $10.5k | $11.3k | $7.0k | 62% | — | $2.0k – $19.4k |
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