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INSERTION OF CHEST TUBE
Low
$1
Average
$2.3k
Median
$1.7k
High
$491.0k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2024 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 6.8× 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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3,963 hospital rates
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 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Harrison, AR fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $153 | $153 | — | — | 1,664 | $153 – $153 |
| 2 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Harrison, AR fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $153 | $153 | — | — | 1,472 | $153 – $153 |
| 3 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 5–50 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | 5–50 | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 5 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Pueblo, CO other · inpatient | 2 | $887 | $887 | $6 | 1% | 4–40 | $881 – $893 |
| 6 | Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN facility · other · inpatient | 1 | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | 4–40 | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 7 | Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN facility · other · inpatient | 1 | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | 4–40 | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 8 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $776 | $776 | — | — | 3–30 | $776 – $776 |
| 9 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Durango, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 3–30 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 10 | DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DELTA, CO other · outpatient | 3 | $1.2k | $1.1k | $357 | 33% | 3–30 | $354 – $1.8k |
| 11 | DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DELTA, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $937 | $1.2k | $937 | 77% | 3–30 | $276 – $3.2k |
| 12 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $3.8k | $5.3k | $4.4k | 84% | 3–30 | $1.4k – $14.4k |
| 13 | St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY facility · other · both | 3 | $3.9k | $3.9k | $1.8k | 47% | 3–30 | $2.0k – $8.6k |
| 14 | Stephens County Hospital Toccoa, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.3k | $4.3k | $1.4k | 34% | 3–30 | $2.2k – $5.3k |
| 15 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $1.7k | $2.5k | $1.4k | 58% | 2–20 | $1.7k – $5.0k |
| 16 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL professional · other · outpatient | 1 | $157 | $157 | — | — | 2–20 | $157 – $157 |
| 17 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Harlan, KY other · outpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 18 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.0k | $2.0k | $0 | 0% | 2–20 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 19 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 20 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $148 | $148 | — | — | 2–20 | $148 – $148 |
| 21 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.7k | $4.3k | $4.3k | 100% | 2–20 | $1.8k – $14.4k |
| 22 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL case rate · outpatient | 2 | $5.6k | $5.6k | $293 | 5% | 2–20 | $5.3k – $5.9k |
| 23 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $39.6k | $39.6k | $37.2k | 94% | 2–20 | $2.4k – $76.8k |
| 24 | STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL Weston, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $8.2k | $8.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $8.2k – $8.2k |
| 25 | Saline Memorial Hospital Benton, AR fee schedule · both | 9 | $1.5k | $2.0k | $538 | 27% | 2–20 | $1.5k – $2.6k |
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