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
HC Fac Thoracentesis Needle/Cath Pleura W/O Imaging
Low
$0
Average
$1.1k
Median
$768
High
$12.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA | $679 | $879 | $529 | 60% | 25–250 | $340 – $2.2k |
| 2 | Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital SUMTER, SC | $604 | $618 | $88 | 14% | 19–28 | $579 – $1.1k |
| 3 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $625 | $576 | $457 | 79% | 18–180 | $38 – $1.7k |
| 4 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hazard, KY | $502 | $502 | — | — | 12–120 | $502 – $502 |
| 5 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $695 | $796 | $235 | 30% | 8–80 | $605 – $1.2k |
| 6 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Whitesburg, KY | $328 | $328 | — | — | 8–80 | $328 – $328 |
| 7 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $570 | $570 | $47 | 8% | 8–80 | $523 – $617 |
| 8 | Oneida Health ONEIDA, NY | $601 | $730 | $313 | 43% | 4–40 | $302 – $2.0k |
| 9 | Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Colorado Springs, CO | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | 4–40 | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 10 | St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI | $625 | $668 | $236 | 35% | 4–40 | $344 – $1.4k |
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