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
Thoracotomy W/Biopsy of Pleura
Low
$546
Average
$3.0k
Median
$2.2k
High
$9.4k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
58 payers; the 90th percentile is 9.0× 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 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +23 other terms | 369 | $4.6k | $6.2k | $4.8k | 78% | 2–20 | $1 – $30k |
| 2 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +20 other terms | 221 | $6.8k | $11.7k | $8.3k | 71% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 184 | $7.0k | $9.9k | $7.7k | 77% | — | $0 – $53.6k |
| 4 | Aetna case rate · outpatient · +22 other terms | 164 | $4.2k | $5.8k | $4.1k | 70% | — | $667 – $18.7k |
| 5 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms | 122 | $9.5k | $8.9k | $3.2k | 35% | — | $3.5k – $17.8k |
| 6 | Anthem case rate · outpatient · +16 other terms | 99 | $11.0k | $11.9k | $5.1k | 43% | — | $654 – $40.8k |
| 7 | Humana case rate · outpatient · +21 other terms | 88 | $4.2k | $4.8k | $1.7k | 36% | — | $654 – $7.1k |
| 8 | Molina case rate · outpatient · +16 other terms | 86 | $2.7k | $4.1k | $4.3k | 104% | — | $654 – $20.2k |
| 9 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient | 53 | $5.8k | $8.1k | $5.1k | 62% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 10 | WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient · +12 other terms | 45 | $12.6k | $9.9k | $6.8k | 69% | — | $662 – $19.0k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 37 | $712 | $740 | $193 | 26% | — | $627 – $1.9k |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient | 33 | $948 | $944 | $8 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 31 | $1.2k | $1.3k | $522 | 41% | — | $618 – $3.3k |
| 14 | Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 27 | $336 | $895 | $725 | 81% | — | $117 – $2.4k |
| 15 | Medica case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 25 | $2.3k | $1.9k | $596 | 32% | — | $671 – $2.9k |
| 16 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +14 other terms | 21 | $2.9k | $3.8k | $4.4k | 116% | — | $662 – $21.5k |
| 17 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 21 | $727 | $720 | $8 | 1% | — | $708 – $727 |
| 18 | Ambetter facility · case rate · outpatient · +12 other terms | 18 | $30.5k | $25.0k | $12.2k | 49% | — | $842 – $34.6k |
| 19 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 18 | $712 | $700 | $17 | 2% | — | $650 – $727 |
| 20 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms | 18 | $3.0k | $5.3k | $4.6k | 86% | — | $711 – $14.7k |
| 21 | Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +10 other terms | 13 | $573 | $622 | $199 | 32% | — | $147 – $953 |
| 22 | Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · both · +10 other terms | 13 | $436 | $431 | $20 | 5% | — | $362 – $436 |
| 23 | Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms | 13 | $895 | $980 | $589 | 60% | — | $352 – $6.6k |
| 24 | MultiPlan fee schedule · both · +11 other terms | 13 | $1.4k | $1.3k | $421 | 32% | — | $534 – $2.4k |
| 25 | Wellmark fee schedule · both · +12 other terms | 13 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $361 | 29% | — | $670 – $1.6k |
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