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INSERT CATH PLEURA W/O IMAGE
Low
$1
Average
$2.6k
Median
$2.1k
High
$72.1k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1775 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.0× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $5.8k | $6.2k | $3.0k | 49% | 5–50 | $3.0k – $10.4k |
| 2 | GUTHRIE CORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER Cortland, NY facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $5.0k | $4.7k | $2.6k | 54% | 4–40 | $676 – $7.2k |
| 3 | Lexington Medical Center Lexington, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $215 | $215 | $31 | 14% | 2–20 | $184 – $245 |
| 5 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL case rate · outpatient | 2 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $59 | 5% | 2–20 | $1.1k – $1.2k |
| 6 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $25.9k | $25.9k | $20.9k | 80% | 2–20 | $5.1k – $46.8k |
| 7 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $7.7k | $7.7k | $2.6k | 33% | 2–20 | $5.2k – $10.3k |
| 8 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Waxhaw, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $259 | $325 | $198 | 61% | 2–20 | $152 – $633 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 13 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $163 | 13% | 2–20 | $1.2k – $1.7k |
| 10 | CLEVELAND CLINIC AVON HOSPITAL Avon, OH facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $660 | $1.9k | $1.7k | 92% | 1–10 | $660 – $4.3k |
| 11 | CLEVELAND CLINIC AVON HOSPITAL Avon, OH facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $1.2k | 100% | 1–10 | $0 – $2.4k |
| 12 | Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 13 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.5k | $4.8k | $4.6k | 96% | 1–10 | $1.5k – $12.8k |
| 14 | Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center LLC Poplar Bluff, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $30.6k | $30.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $30.6k – $30.6k |
| 15 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $143.9k | $143.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $143.9k – $143.9k |
| 16 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Huntersville, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 17 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Huntersville, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $268 | $305 | $143 | 47% | 1–10 | $171 – $512 |
| 18 | The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc Macon, GA other · outpatient | 1 | $607 | $607 | — | — | 1–10 | $607 – $607 |
| 19 | The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc Macon, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 20 | ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC 1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HWY case rate · outpatient | 1 | $553 | $879 | $603 | 69% | — | $359 – $1.7k |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $162 | $145 | $24 | 17% | — | $110 – $162 |
| 22 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $165 | $147 | $26 | 18% | — | $109 – $165 |
| 23 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.8k | $1.7k | $283 | 17% | — | $1.3k – $1.9k |
| 24 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $5.7k | $5.7k | $146 | 3% | — | $5.5k – $5.8k |
| 25 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $162 | $145 | $25 | 17% | — | $109 – $162 |
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