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
HB Bronchial Valve Removal; Addl Lobe
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Based on 48–480 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$37
Average
$3.0k
Median
$2.4k
High
$243.1k
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| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $3.8k | $9.0k | $9.1k | 101% | 37–370 | $220 – $26.3k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $488 | $1.0k | $1.9k | 179% | 3–30 | $109 – $7.1k |
| 3 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $1.8k | $2.2k | $1.2k | 54% | 1–10 | $667 – $9.5k |
| 4 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY | $290 | $1.2k | $2.5k | 208% | 1–10 | $39 – $9.7k |
| 5 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ | $365 | $1.6k | $2.7k | 167% | 1–10 | $74 – $8.9k |
| 6 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $1.7k | $2.6k | $2.0k | 79% | 1–10 | $667 – $8.6k |
| 7 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Harrison, NY | $290 | $1.2k | $2.5k | 208% | 1–10 | $39 – $9.7k |
| 8 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ | $365 | $1.6k | $2.7k | 167% | 1–10 | $74 – $8.9k |
| 9 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $1.8k | $2.2k | $1.2k | 54% | 1–10 | $667 – $9.5k |
| 10 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $1.7k | $2.6k | $2.0k | 79% | 1–10 | $667 – $8.6k |
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