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 Thoracoscopy With Biopsyies of Pleura
Low
$129
Average
$7.4k
Median
$2.2k
High
$29.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $425 | $425 | — | — | 1–10 | $425 – $425 |
| 2 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 3 | Methodist Hospital Hill Country Fredericksburg, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 4 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center SPRING HILL, TN | $2.0k | $2.0k | $186 | 9% | — | $1.8k – $2.2k |
| 5 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center ANTIOCH, TN | $2.3k | $2.2k | $327 | 15% | — | $1.8k – $2.5k |
| 6 | MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt, IA | $2.7k | $2.1k | $825 | 39% | — | $928 – $2.7k |
| 7 | Tristar Skyline Medical Center NASHVILLE, TN | $2.0k | $1.9k | $154 | 8% | — | $1.8k – $2.1k |
| 8 | Fairfield Medical Center Lancaster, OH | $11.8k | $11.8k | — | — | — | $11.8k – $11.8k |
| 9 | Methodist Specialty And Transplant SAN ANTONIO, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 10 | Methodist Hospital SAN ANTONIO, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
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