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 PROCEDURE
Low
$139
Average
$9.3k
Median
$7.8k
High
$25k
Each hospital's average Molina rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
6 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 143.7× 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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6 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Molina 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 | Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner 27700 Medical Center Rd facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $139 | $139 | — | — | — | $139 – $139 |
| 2 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $139 | $139 | — | — | — | $139 – $139 |
| 3 | Fairfield Medical Center 401 N Ewing St facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $25k | $25k | — | — | — | $25k – $25k |
| 4 | HSA CGH LLC Coral Gables, FL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $15k | $15k | — | — | — | $15k – $15k |
| 5 | HSA PGH LLC Hialeah, FL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $15k | $15k | — | — | — | $15k – $15k |
| 6 | Margaretville Memorial Hospital Margaretville, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $527 | $527 | — | — | — | $527 – $527 |
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