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 Exchange
Low
$0
Average
$1.7k
Median
$1.4k
High
$5.9k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
66 payers; the 90th percentile is 5.4× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +31 other terms | 465 | $2.1k | $2.2k | $1.6k | 72% | 8–80 | $1 – $12.2k |
| 2 | Magellan case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 1 | $695 | $695 | — | — | 1–10 | $695 – $695 |
| 3 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 445 | $694 | $1.8k | $3.2k | 177% | — | $1 – $33.6k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms | 329 | $1.3k | $2.2k | $3.0k | 139% | — | $1 – $26.2k |
| 5 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 285 | $628 | $799 | $880 | 110% | — | $1 – $12.8k |
| 6 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +29 other terms | 256 | $7.2k | $11.4k | $8.6k | 76% | — | $1 – $40.7k |
| 7 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 145 | $685 | $780 | $381 | 49% | — | $1 – $2.3k |
| 8 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 140 | $653 | $778 | $532 | 68% | — | $495 – $4.3k |
| 9 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +18 other terms | 129 | $3.0k | $2.5k | $1.1k | 42% | — | $967 – $7.5k |
| 10 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 110 | $683 | $777 | $1.5k | 196% | — | $0 – $13.1k |
| 11 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 94 | $1.0k | $1.1k | $787 | 69% | — | $30 – $4.5k |
| 12 | Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 86 | $1.2k | $1.5k | $1.5k | 104% | — | $574 – $14.7k |
| 13 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 73 | $2.2k | $1.9k | $486 | 25% | — | $1.2k – $3.1k |
| 14 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 67 | $640 | $634 | $30 | 5% | — | $583 – $701 |
| 15 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 58 | $1.0k | $1.1k | $1.1k | 95% | — | $124 – $17.0k |
| 16 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 57 | $570 | $727 | $1.1k | 145% | — | $30 – $10.1k |
| 17 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 43 | $999 | $1.1k | $1.7k | 151% | — | $15 – $10.9k |
| 18 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 38 | $948 | $943 | $9 | 1% | — | $929 – $948 |
| 19 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 35 | $655 | $1.4k | $2.3k | 166% | — | $481 – $15.1k |
| 20 | Caresource facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 33 | $1.1k | $1.4k | $2.1k | 157% | — | $580 – $15.6k |
| 21 | Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 31 | $690 | $1.1k | $1.1k | 105% | — | $566 – $4.4k |
| 22 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms | 30 | $584 | $1.2k | $1.5k | 127% | — | $466 – $5.1k |
| 23 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 29 | $910 | $887 | $291 | 33% | — | $492 – $2.2k |
| 24 | Medica case rate · outpatient · +18 other terms | 28 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $693 | 38% | — | $585 – $2.9k |
| 25 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 27 | $628 | $987 | $1.0k | 102% | — | $563 – $4.2k |
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