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
Thoracoscopy Dx Mediastinal Space W/Biopsy Spx
Low
$271
Average
$6.5k
Median
$2.6k
High
$80.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $69.1k | $61.4k | $26.4k | 43% | 46–460 | $16.0k – $104.2k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $83.0k | $80.3k | $40.4k | 50% | 42–420 | $4.0k – $141.6k |
| 3 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $41.7k | $37.2k | $20.2k | 54% | 21–210 | $11.1k – $66.8k |
| 4 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $8.5k | $7.8k | $2.6k | 33% | 2–20 | $1.9k – $10.3k |
| 5 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $2.1k | $2.1k | $966 | 45% | 2–20 | $1.0k – $21.8k |
| 6 | Hartford Hospital HARTFORD, CT | $12.7k | $12.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $12.7k – $12.7k |
| 7 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Manahawkin, NJ | $8.6k | $7.6k | $2.5k | 33% | 1–10 | $1.9k – $10.4k |
| 8 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR | $13.5k | $13.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $13.5k – $13.5k |
| 9 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $549 | $549 | — | — | — | $549 – $549 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $697 | $764 | $596 | 78% | — | $28 – $1.5k |
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