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Original text from hospital filings
THORACENTESIS PROCEDURE
Low
$72
Average
$3.6k
Median
$3.2k
High
$15.2k
Each hospital's average Cigna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
58 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 44.4× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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73 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Cigna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | AdventHealth Avista Louisville, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $4.2k | $4.2k | $151 | 4% | — | $4.0k – $4.3k |
| 2 | AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $4.2k | $4.2k | $151 | 4% | — | $4.0k – $4.3k |
| 3 | AdventHealth Littleton Littleton, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $4.2k | $4.2k | $151 | 4% | — | $4.0k – $4.3k |
| 4 | AdventHealth Parker Aurora, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $4.2k | $4.2k | $151 | 4% | — | $4.0k – $4.3k |
| 5 | AdventHealth Porter Denver, CO fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $4.2k | $4.2k | $151 | 4% | — | $4.0k – $4.3k |
| 6 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $171 | $171 | $159 | 93% | — | $12 – $331 |
| 7 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $171 | $171 | $159 | 93% | — | $12 – $331 |
| 8 | AnMed Health Cannon Pickens, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $171 | $171 | $159 | 93% | — | $12 – $331 |
| 9 | AnMed Health Cannon Pickens, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $171 | $171 | $159 | 93% | — | $12 – $331 |
| 10 | AnMed Piedmont Piedmont, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $138 | $138 | $126 | 91% | — | $12 – $264 |
| 11 | AnMed Piedmont Piedmont, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $138 | $138 | $126 | 91% | — | $12 – $264 |
| 12 | Benson Hospital Corporation Benson, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $72 | $72 | — | — | — | $72 – $72 |
| 13 | Benson Hospital Corporation Benson, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $72 | $72 | — | — | — | $72 – $72 |
| 14 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Inc Milton, MA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 15 | Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $201 | $201 | — | — | — | $201 – $201 |
| 16 | Chambers Health Anahuac, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $518 | $518 | $103 | 20% | — | $415 – $621 |
| 17 | Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner 27700 Medical Center Rd facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 18 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $7.3k | $5.9k | $2.4k | 40% | — | $1.8k – $7.3k |
| 19 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.1k | $2.2k | $372 | 17% | — | $1.8k – $2.7k |
| 20 | Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $840 | $840 | $46 | 6% | — | $794 – $886 |
| 21 | Deaconess Health System Gibson General Hospital Princeton, IN professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $210 | $210 | — | — | — | $210 – $210 |
| 22 | Deaconess Health System Henderson Hospital Henderson, KY professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $210 | $210 | — | — | — | $210 – $210 |
| 23 | Deaconess Health System Union County Hospital Morganfield, KY professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $210 | $210 | — | — | — | $210 – $210 |
| 24 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $210 | $210 | — | — | — | $210 – $210 |
| 25 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $210 | $210 | — | — | — | $210 – $210 |
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