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
Insert Chest Tube
Low
$55
Average
$2.8k
Median
$1.8k
High
$513.5k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1893 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 6.6× 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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iThe hospitals that file a Aetna 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 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.5k | $2.7k | $486 | 18% | 6–60 | $2.4k – $3.8k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $1.8k | $2.9k | $2.3k | 77% | 6–60 | $392 – $7.0k |
| 3 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 5–50 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $9.4k | $19.6k | $24.6k | 126% | 4–40 | $506 – $76.8k |
| 5 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 8 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $182 | 17% | 3–30 | $610 – $1.3k |
| 6 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $776 | $776 | — | — | 3–30 | $776 – $776 |
| 7 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $1.1k | $3.3k | $4.4k | 136% | 3–30 | $475 – $14.4k |
| 8 | ST ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL OF THE HOSPITAL SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS O'Fallon, IL case rate · outpatient | 1 | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | 3–30 | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 9 | The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc Macon, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.3k | $1.2k | $79 | 6% | 3–30 | $1.1k – $1.3k |
| 10 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Williamson, KY other · outpatient | 1 | $898 | $898 | — | — | 2–20 | $898 – $898 |
| 11 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $404 | $404 | — | — | 2–20 | $404 – $404 |
| 12 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV other · outpatient | 1 | $221 | $221 | — | — | 2–20 | $221 – $221 |
| 13 | The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc Macon, GA other · both | 1 | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 14 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Elizabethtown, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.3k | $1.2k | $487 | 41% | 1–10 | $551 – $1.7k |
| 15 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Richmond, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.9k | $1.7k | $825 | 50% | 1–10 | $551 – $2.5k |
| 16 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC. Louisville, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $674 | $674 | — | — | 1–10 | $674 – $674 |
| 17 | Baptist Medical Center of Nassau, INC Yulee, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $1.9k | $2.1k | $596 | 29% | 1–10 | $1.4k – $3.0k |
| 18 | Benson Hospital Corporation Benson, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $724 | $724 | $220 | 30% | 1–10 | $503 – $944 |
| 19 | Bullhead City Hospital Corporation City, AZ facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 20 | Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital Lexington, VA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.9k | $3.1k | $391 | 13% | 1–10 | $2.8k – $3.7k |
| 21 | FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport, IL percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 22 | FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $688 | $688 | $218 | 32% | 1–10 | $471 – $906 |
| 23 | HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION Hackensack, NJ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.0k | $1.0k | $85 | 8% | 1–10 | $949 – $1.1k |
| 24 | HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION Manahawkin, NJ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $3.0k | $2.3k | $1.2k | 55% | 1–10 | $700 – $3.4k |
| 25 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA other · both | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
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