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
$38
Average
$2.5k
Median
$1.0k
High
$40.9k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1215 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 9.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $756 | $756 | — | — | 11–110 | $756 – $756 |
| 2 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.6k | $1.9k | $1.8k | 91% | 11–110 | $212 – $6.2k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $1.5k | $17.2k | $28.2k | 164% | 10–100 | $597 – $86.8k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $1.6k | $7.6k | $13.0k | 170% | 6–60 | $440 – $43.0k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $1.6k | $6.8k | $11.2k | 165% | 5–50 | $594 – $38.4k |
| 6 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $2.4k | $8.0k | $14.5k | 182% | 4–40 | $661 – $63.3k |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.7k | $3.2k | $3.1k | 96% | 3–30 | $501 – $11.2k |
| 8 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI facility · other · both | 1 | $615 | $615 | — | — | 2–20 | $615 – $615 |
| 9 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 10 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 11 | ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC 1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HWY case rate · outpatient | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 12 | ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC 1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HWY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $562 | $562 | — | — | — | $562 – $562 |
| 13 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $9.5k | $9.5k | — | — | — | $9.5k – $9.5k |
| 14 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $593 | $593 | — | — | — | $593 – $593 |
| 15 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $1.8k | $3.4k | $2.2k | 65% | — | $1.1k – $7.8k |
| 16 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $900 | $2.3k | $2.8k | 123% | — | $206 – $8.3k |
| 17 | ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL Anchorage, AK case rate · outpatient | 3 | $9.9k | $10.5k | $1.1k | 10% | — | $9.7k – $12.0k |
| 18 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $768 | $768 | — | — | — | $768 – $768 |
| 19 | ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $441 | 42% | — | $619 – $1.5k |
| 20 | ARTHUR G JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Columbus, OH per diem · inpatient | 1 | $5.4k | $5.4k | — | — | — | $5.4k – $5.4k |
| 21 | ARTHUR G JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Columbus, OH percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $910 | $763 | $229 | 30% | — | $440 – $940 |
| 22 | ARTHUR G JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Columbus, OH percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $659 | $655 | $265 | 40% | — | $356 – $940 |
| 23 | ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED Athol, MA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 24 | Acadia Hospital Bangor, ME facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $610 | $610 | — | — | — | $610 – $610 |
| 25 | Adena Fayette Medical Center Washington Court House, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $11.1k | $11.1k | — | — | — | $11.1k – $11.1k |
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