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
Thoracentesis for aspiration
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Low
$28
Average
$5.5k
Median
$2.2k
High
$50k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 2 | Hca Florida West Hospital PENSACOLA, FL | $2.0k | $2.0k | $410 | 21% | — | $1.5k – $2.5k |
| 3 | Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX | $7.4k | $7.4k | $113 | 2% | — | $7.3k – $7.5k |
| 4 | Hca Florida Gulf Coast Hospital PANAMA CITY, FL | $1.9k | $1.9k | $398 | 21% | — | $1.5k – $2.4k |
| 5 | Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | — | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 6 | Baptist Medical Center of the Beaches, INC Beach, FL | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 7 | Hca Florida Twin Cities Hospital NICEVILLE, FL | $2.1k | $2.1k | $431 | 21% | — | $1.6k – $2.6k |
| 8 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $50k | $50k | — | — | — | $50k – $50k |
| 9 | Hca Florida Memorial Hospital JACKSONVILLE, FL | $2.0k | $2.0k | $418 | 21% | — | $1.6k – $2.5k |
| 10 | The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc Macon, GA | $829 | $829 | — | — | — | $829 – $829 |
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