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
Rmvl Ndwellg Tun Pleural Cath W/Cuf
Low
$0
Average
$1.0k
Median
$732
High
$18.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $719 | $693 | $49 | 7% | 24–123 | $620 – $734 |
| 2 | St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY | $1.7k | $1.4k | $579 | 41% | 16–160 | $676 – $3.8k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $778 | $778 | — | — | 15 | $778 – $778 |
| 4 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $719 | $696 | $46 | 7% | 15–150 | $620 – $734 |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $397 | $476 | $121 | 25% | 10–100 | $397 – $661 |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $1.2k | $1.1k | $260 | 24% | 10–100 | $677 – $1.2k |
| 7 | Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland, NY | $807 | $1.2k | $606 | 50% | 9–90 | $698 – $2.2k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $760 | $768 | $33 | 4% | 8–80 | $724 – $832 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $635 | $877 | $403 | 46% | 7–70 | $490 – $1.5k |
| 10 | Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT | $2.6k | $2.3k | $688 | 30% | 6–60 | $695 – $2.6k |
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