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 Perq Drainage Pleura Insert Cath W/Imaging
Low
$64
Average
$2.4k
Median
$1.6k
High
$9.8k
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Showing only prices reported under the per diem methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 138 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 18.5× 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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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $425 | $425 | — | — | 11 | $425 – $425 |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $242 | $242 | $13 | 5% | 2–20 | $229 – $255 |
| 3 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $7.6k | $7.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $7.6k – $7.6k |
| 4 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $7.6k | $7.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $7.6k – $7.6k |
| 5 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Methodist Hospital Hill Country Fredericksburg, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 7 | Rex Hospital, Inc. Raleigh, NC | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 8 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Powell, TN | $1.4k | $1.2k | $327 | 27% | — | $662 – $1.4k |
| 9 | University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $5.5k | $5.5k | $1.1k | 19% | — | $4.5k – $6.6k |
| 10 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center SPRING HILL, TN | $1.1k | $1.2k | $251 | 21% | — | $994 – $1.6k |
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