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
HC PERICARDIAL DRAIN PERQ W/ FLUORO/US GUID 0-5 YRS OR ANY W/ CGEN CARDIAC ANOMALY
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Low
$150
Average
$4.6k
Median
$2.9k
High
$50.2k
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| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $6.3k | $6.3k | $1.1k | 17% | 15 | $4.2k – $8.1k |
| 2 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | $659 | $604 | $228 | 38% | 1–10 | $160 – $946 |
| 3 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $1.2k | $1.9k | $1.6k | 83% | — | $432 – $4.1k |
| 4 | University of Virginia Haymarket Medical Center Haymarket, VA | $3.7k | $3.3k | $1.3k | 40% | — | $1.1k – $5.8k |
| 5 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA | $790 | $790 | — | — | — | $790 – $790 |
| 6 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $4.2k | $5.7k | $4.5k | 79% | — | $2.0k – $20.0k |
| 7 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $7.8k | $7.8k | $138 | 2% | — | $7.7k – $7.9k |
| 8 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $657 | $779 | $567 | 73% | — | $246 – $1.8k |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $900 | $934 | $626 | 67% | — | $180 – $3.4k |
| 10 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco at PGA Parkway Frisco, TX | $1.9k | $2.3k | $2.5k | 112% | — | $826 – $17.2k |
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