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
Pericardiocentesis
Low
$1
Average
$2.1k
Median
$1.8k
High
$16.1k
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| 1 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV | $1.5k | $2.1k | $1.8k | 87% | 9–90 | $212 – $7.4k |
| 2 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA | $201 | $840 | $2.0k | 240% | 3–30 | $114 – $10.3k |
| 3 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles, LA | $1.4k | $1.8k | $935 | 53% | 2–20 | $915 – $4.8k |
| 4 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 5 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 6 | St Vincent Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Green Bay, WI | $1.5k | $1.2k | $758 | 63% | 1–10 | $457 – $3.4k |
| 7 | Houlton Regional Hospital HOULTON, ME | $220 | $218 | $4 | 2% | 1–10 | $212 – $222 |
| 8 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX | $131 | $1.0k | $1.6k | 157% | 1–10 | $100 – $5.8k |
| 9 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $1.7k | $2.2k | $1.3k | 60% | 1–10 | $863 – $5.5k |
| 10 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $2.5k | $3.6k | $2.0k | 57% | 1–10 | $1.6k – $6.1k |
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