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 Rmvl Intrapleural FB/Fibrin Deposit
Low
$0
Average
$4.5k
Median
$2.4k
High
$25k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $22.7k | $22.7k | — | — | 5–50 | $22.7k – $22.7k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $16.9k | $16.9k | — | — | 2–20 | $16.9k – $16.9k |
| 3 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $2.1k | $2.2k | $220 | 10% | — | $2.0k – $2.5k |
| 4 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $989 | $989 | — | — | — | $989 – $989 |
| 5 | Henry Ford Health Novi, MI | $1.3k | $1.4k | $110 | 8% | — | $1.3k – $1.5k |
| 6 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $9.0k | $7.9k | $3.2k | 41% | — | $881 – $12k |
| 7 | Spohn Hospital Beeville Beeville, TX | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 8 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Atlanta, GA | $9.1k | $8.0k | $3.4k | 43% | — | $881 – $12k |
| 9 | Spohn Hospital Alice Alice, TX | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 10 | St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria, LA | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
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