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
Chest Tube Reposition
Low
$0
Average
$1.9k
Median
$804
High
$35k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $734 | $740 | $10 | 1% | 46–343 | $734 – $756 |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $2.1k | $1.8k | $432 | 24% | 10–100 | $1.1k – $2.1k |
| 3 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $727 | $727 | $7 | 1% | 8–80 | $719 – $734 |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | 5–50 | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 5 | Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 4–40 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $9.2k | $9.2k | — | — | 3–30 | $9.2k – $9.2k |
| 7 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI | $707 | $1.7k | $1.6k | 94% | 3–30 | $350 – $5.6k |
| 8 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $7.9k | $7.9k | — | — | 2–20 | $7.9k – $7.9k |
| 9 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN | $490 | $490 | — | — | 2–20 | $490 – $490 |
| 10 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $25.3k | $25.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $25.3k – $25.3k |
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