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
$503
Average
$1.7k
Median
$1.2k
High
$10.5k
Each hospital's average Wellmark rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
44 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.4× 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 Wellmark 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 | Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation Waterloo, IA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $581 | $581 | — | — | — | $581 – $581 |
| 2 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 3 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 4 | Central Iowa Hospital Corporation Des Moines, IA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $589 | $589 | — | — | — | $589 – $589 |
| 5 | Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell, IA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $589 | $589 | — | — | — | $589 – $589 |
| 6 | Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic Inc West Union, IA facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $114 | 5% | — | $2.3k – $2.6k |
| 7 | Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.9k | $5.9k | — | — | — | $5.9k – $5.9k |
| 8 | Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $680 | $680 | — | — | — | $680 – $680 |
| 9 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskogen, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $742 | $742 | — | — | — | $742 – $742 |
| 10 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $754 | $754 | — | — | — | $754 – $754 |
| 11 | Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA facility · fee schedule · both | 2 | $641 | $641 | — | — | — | $641 – $641 |
| 12 | Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $10.9k | $10.9k | — | — | — | $10.9k – $10.9k |
| 13 | Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA facility · other · both | 1 | $669 | $669 | — | — | — | $669 – $669 |
| 14 | Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $11.3k | $11.3k | — | — | — | $11.3k – $11.3k |
| 15 | MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo, IL facility · case rate · inpatient | 1 | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 16 | MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo, IL facility · per diem · inpatient | 1 | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 17 | MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt, IA facility · per diem · inpatient | 2 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $876 | 49% | — | $928 – $2.7k |
| 18 | MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis, IL facility · case rate · inpatient | 1 | $994 | $994 | — | — | — | $994 – $994 |
| 19 | Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI per diem · outpatient | 1 | $19.7k | $19.7k | — | — | — | $19.7k – $19.7k |
| 20 | Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 21 | Mishawaka Medical Center Mishawaka, IN facility · other · both | 1 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 22 | Monument Health Network Inc Spearfish, SD other · outpatient | 1 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 23 | Monument Health Network Inc Deadwood, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $596 | 47% | — | $665 – $1.9k |
| 24 | Monument Health Network Inc Sturgis, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $608 | 53% | — | $550 – $1.8k |
| 25 | Monument Health Network Inc Custer, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $720 | 56% | — | $573 – $2.0k |
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