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
HB Thoracentesis Needle/Cath Pleura W/Imaging
Based on 20,261–51,896 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$1
Average
$1.6k
Median
$1.3k
High
$21.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $3.4k | $4.0k | $2.6k | 64% | 4,018 | $207 – $8.4k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $3.7k | $4.1k | $2.6k | 65% | 3,552 | $220 – $8.9k |
| 3 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $1.0k | $924 | $280 | 30% | 807–852 | $123 – $1.4k |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN | $782 | $989 | $615 | 62% | 323–827 | $72 – $2.9k |
| 5 | St Vincent Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Green Bay, WI | $1.3k | $1.2k | $708 | 57% | 300–678 | $206 – $2.6k |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $652 | $915 | $664 | 73% | 293–1,562 | $72 – $2.9k |
| 7 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $3.0k | $2.9k | $2.0k | 67% | 276–924 | $578 – $7.0k |
| 8 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD Nampa, ID | $1.9k | $2.0k | $844 | 42% | 267–339 | $666 – $4.9k |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $2.1k | $2.7k | $2.0k | 74% | 233–260 | $425 – $7.7k |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $652 | $943 | $603 | 64% | 221–1,067 | $72 – $2.8k |
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