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
HC PLEURAL DRAINAGE W CATHETER W IMAGING UNILATERAL
Low
$1
Average
$1.8k
Median
$1.7k
High
$11.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $1.6k | $1.9k | $1.1k | 58% | 61–70 | $168 – $3.6k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 22 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 3 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles, LA | $1.4k | $1.8k | $1.1k | 62% | 10–100 | $54 – $4.8k |
| 4 | Dignity Health Gilbert, AZ | $1.7k | $1.7k | $757 | 44% | 5–50 | $154 – $3.6k |
| 5 | Dignity Health Carmichael, CA | $1.8k | $1.4k | $858 | 61% | 3–30 | $116 – $2.6k |
| 6 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $2.5k | $3.6k | $2.0k | 57% | 3–30 | $1.6k – $6.1k |
| 7 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY | $640 | $1.3k | $2.0k | 150% | 3–30 | $137 – $8.6k |
| 8 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $2.5k | $3.0k | $2.0k | 68% | 3–30 | $755 – $7.3k |
| 9 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Harrison, NY | $654 | $1.3k | $2.0k | 149% | 3–30 | $137 – $8.6k |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $15 | $15 | — | — | 2–20 | $15 – $15 |
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