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 Pericardiocentesis W/Img Guidance When Performed
Based on 243–2,295 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$1
Average
$2.7k
Median
$2.3k
High
$25.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $1.9k | $5.2k | $6.0k | 115% | 58–580 | $123 – $17.8k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $2.2k | $4.9k | $5.2k | 106% | 38–380 | $309 – $17.8k |
| 3 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $2.5k | $4.8k | $4.3k | 89% | 30–300 | $613 – $16.9k |
| 4 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV | $1.5k | $5.0k | $4.6k | 91% | 18–180 | $202 – $11.9k |
| 5 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $5.4k | $5.3k | $919 | 17% | 15 | $3.5k – $6.9k |
| 6 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $1.6k | $2.2k | $1.8k | 85% | 4–40 | $369 – $7.6k |
| 7 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $1.6k | $2.2k | $1.8k | 84% | 4–40 | $369 – $7.6k |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $781 | $1.3k | $1.2k | 92% | 3–30 | $147 – $4.4k |
| 9 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $822 | $1.5k | $1.1k | 70% | 3–30 | $91 – $4.5k |
| 10 | St Vincent Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Green Bay, WI | $2.0k | $2.0k | $838 | 41% | 3–30 | $457 – $4.8k |
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