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.
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HC THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/O IMAGING
Low
$10
Average
$1.7k
Median
$1.1k
High
$18.7k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $978 | $1.1k | $556 | 49% | 8–80 | $645 – $2.9k |
| 2 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Sayre, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $332 | $392 | $256 | 65% | 5–50 | $51 – $679 |
| 3 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $896 | $896 | $291 | 32% | 4–40 | $605 – $1.2k |
| 4 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $137 | $137 | — | — | 3–30 | $137 – $137 |
| 5 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $606 | $606 | — | — | 2–20 | $606 – $606 |
| 6 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $638 | $638 | — | — | 2–20 | $638 – $638 |
| 7 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $638 | $638 | — | — | 2–20 | $638 – $638 |
| 8 | Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center LLC Wilmington, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $535 | $535 | — | — | 2–20 | $535 – $535 |
| 9 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 10 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO other · outpatient | 1 | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 11 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA fee schedule · both | 1 | $137 | $137 | — | — | 1–10 | $137 – $137 |
| 12 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · outpatient | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 13 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA fee schedule · both | 11 | $4.4k | $3.4k | $1.6k | 48% | 1–10 | $93 – $4.4k |
| 14 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 9 | $1.9k | $1.8k | $234 | 13% | 1–10 | $1.4k – $1.9k |
| 15 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO fee schedule · inpatient | 4 | $3.0k | $2.4k | $1.0k | 42% | 1–10 | $673 – $3.1k |
| 16 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $3.0k | $2.4k | $1.0k | 42% | 1–10 | $673 – $3.1k |
| 17 | Memorial Hospital Shiloh, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 18 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 19 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $361 | $361 | — | — | 1–10 | $361 – $361 |
| 20 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.4k | $1.6k | $728 | 46% | 1–10 | $856 – $3.1k |
| 21 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $618 | $618 | — | — | 1–10 | $618 – $618 |
| 22 | Yuma Regional Medical Center Yuma, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $455 | 20% | 1–10 | $1.8k – $2.7k |
| 23 | ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE, LA fee schedule · both | 5 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 24 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA case rate · outpatient | 5 | $6.4k | $6.0k | $680 | 11% | — | $4.9k – $6.7k |
| 25 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $600 | $608 | $11 | 2% | — | $600 – $624 |
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