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
HB Pleural Drainage Catheter Exchange - Unlisted
Low
$73
Average
$2.4k
Median
$1.4k
High
$25.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $3.7k | $25.2k | $41.2k | 164% | 66–660 | $575 – $193.5k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $2.4k | $13.0k | $27.3k | 210% | 45–450 | $212 – $136.5k |
| 3 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $1.5k | $1.8k | $1.7k | 93% | 44–440 | $159 – $6.6k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $3.1k | $9.7k | $17.2k | 177% | 33–330 | $492 – $63.3k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $2.9k | $3.9k | $3.6k | 92% | 29–290 | $458 – $16.5k |
| 6 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $2.2k | $9.0k | $15.7k | 174% | 25–250 | $594 – $73.2k |
| 7 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $2.1k | $2.0k | $1.2k | 58% | 12–120 | $372 – $4.6k |
| 8 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.8k | $2.2k | $2.0k | 91% | 11–110 | $242 – $7.1k |
| 9 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL | $4.3k | $6.6k | $6.1k | 93% | 6–60 | $2.3k – $20.1k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $2.0k | $2.1k | $1.5k | 70% | 4–40 | $331 – $5.0k |
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