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
$1
Average
$2.0k
Median
$1.5k
High
$247.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $3.4k | $4.1k | $2.5k | 63% | 4,018 | $207 – $8.4k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $3.9k | $4.3k | $2.6k | 61% | 3,168 | $220 – $8.9k |
| 3 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $1.1k | $1.0k | $94 | 9% | 647–683 | $841 – $1.1k |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $1.7k | $1.6k | $1.1k | 70% | 233–260 | $425 – $7.7k |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $1.3k | $1.4k | $517 | 38% | 164–443 | $72 – $2.9k |
| 6 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Concord, NC | $2.6k | $2.7k | $1.3k | 47% | 145–289 | $600 – $4.9k |
| 7 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Elizabethtown, KY | $1.1k | $1.1k | $784 | 70% | 142–178 | $347 – $7.7k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $2.7k | $2.5k | $658 | 26% | 108–144 | $129 – $3.4k |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Grange, KY | $1.6k | $1.6k | $979 | 62% | 95–131 | $347 – $7.7k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $1.7k | $1.6k | $1.1k | 66% | 91–118 | $347 – $7.8k |
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