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HC PERQ DRAINAGE PLEURA INSERT CATH W/O IMAGING
Low
$6
Average
$3.1k
Median
$2.2k
High
$26.2k
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 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 11 | $1.4k | $3.2k | $4.0k | 124% | 16–160 | $206 – $12.8k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $545 | $518 | $90 | 17% | 8–80 | $369 – $617 |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $516 | $491 | $86 | 17% | 8–80 | $349 – $585 |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $4.2k | $7.7k | $11.1k | 144% | 8–80 | $810 – $46.8k |
| 5 | High Point Regional Health High Point, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $652 | $714 | $189 | 26% | 6–60 | $417 – $1.0k |
| 6 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.7k | $3.4k | $3.0k | 88% | 4–40 | $1.3k – $12.8k |
| 7 | Brunswick Community Hospital, LLC Bolivia, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $832 | $832 | — | — | 2–20 | $832 – $832 |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 9 | LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $2.0k | $2.0k | $452 | 22% | 1–10 | $1.6k – $2.5k |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $141 | $141 | — | — | 1–10 | $141 – $141 |
| 11 | PRISMA HEALTH OCONEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SENECA, SC fee schedule · both | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $166 | 13% | 1–10 | $1.1k – $1.5k |
| 12 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 13 | Piedmont Fayette Fayetteville, GA fee schedule · both | 2 | $4.6k | $4.6k | $212 | 5% | 1–10 | $4.4k – $4.8k |
| 14 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $953 | $873 | $490 | 56% | — | $110 – $1.5k |
| 15 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $2.0k | $2.0k | $108 | 5% | — | $1.9k – $2.2k |
| 16 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $518 | $509 | $445 | 88% | — | $21 – $979 |
| 17 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.2k | $1.3k | $389 | 30% | — | $898 – $1.8k |
| 18 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $5.1k | $5.1k | $296 | 6% | — | $4.8k – $5.4k |
| 19 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 6 | $109 | $514 | $497 | 97% | — | $52 – $1.3k |
| 20 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA other · outpatient | 2 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.5k | $2.5k | $412 | 16% | — | $2.1k – $2.9k |
| 22 | AGH LAVEEN LLC Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $255 | 14% | — | $1.5k – $2.0k |
| 23 | AGH MESA LLC Mesa, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $255 | 14% | — | $1.5k – $2.0k |
| 24 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 10 | $1.6k | $2.5k | $1.5k | 62% | — | $725 – $4.8k |
| 25 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
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