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HB Insertion Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheter
Low
$1
Average
$5.5k
Median
$4.5k
High
$33.2k
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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $20.4k | $16.2k | $7.1k | 44% | 146 | $4.9k – $22.4k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $218 | $218 | $11 | 5% | 44 | $207 – $229 |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $19.7k | $21.3k | $9.4k | 44% | 33 | $10.1k – $39.2k |
| 4 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $5.3k | $5.1k | $476 | 9% | 8–80 | $4.4k – $5.7k |
| 5 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $2.6k | $2.6k | $596 | 23% | 3–30 | $2.0k – $3.2k |
| 6 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS case rate · both | 1 | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | 3–30 | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 7 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO case rate · outpatient | 1 | $10.3k | $10.3k | — | — | 2–20 | $10.3k – $10.3k |
| 8 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $864 | $864 | — | — | 2–20 | $864 – $864 |
| 9 | Community Memorial Hospital of Menomonee Falls Inc Menomonee Falls, WI other · inpatient | 1 | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 10 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 1 | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 11 | GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER Cortland, NY facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $7.5k | $8.3k | $1.3k | 16% | 2–20 | $7.4k – $10.6k |
| 12 | HARTFORD HOSPITAL HARTFORD, CT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $11.9k | $11.9k | — | — | 2–20 | $11.9k – $11.9k |
| 13 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 14 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA fee schedule · both | 1 | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 15 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $15.7k | $15.7k | $11.0k | 70% | 2–20 | $4.7k – $26.8k |
| 16 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $232 | $232 | $12 | 5% | 2–20 | $220 – $244 |
| 17 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $232 | $232 | $12 | 5% | 2–20 | $220 – $244 |
| 18 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $232 | $232 | $12 | 5% | 2–20 | $220 – $244 |
| 19 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $215 | $215 | $31 | 14% | 2–20 | $184 – $245 |
| 20 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $242 | $242 | $13 | 5% | 2–20 | $229 – $255 |
| 21 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $10.1k | $10.1k | $3.7k | 37% | 2–20 | $6.4k – $13.7k |
| 22 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Sayre, PA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 23 | ST VINCENT HOSPITAL OF THE HOSPITAL SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS Oconto Falls, WI fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 24 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN other · both | 6 | $3.5k | $2.7k | $1.5k | 58% | 2–20 | $0 – $3.6k |
| 25 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO other · outpatient | 1 | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.6k – $3.6k |
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