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
Low
$64
Average
$1.6k
Median
$852
High
$9.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $232 | $232 | $12 | 5% | 192 | $220 – $244 |
| 2 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 36–90 | $663 – $5.7k |
| 3 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 16 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 4 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $349 – $3.0k |
| 5 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $349 – $3.0k |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $646 | $646 | — | — | 1–10 | $646 – $646 |
| 7 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $646 | $646 | — | — | 1–10 | $646 – $646 |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 9 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 10 | Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI | $3.3k | $3.2k | $723 | 22% | — | $2.4k – $3.9k |
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