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 INTRO OF NEEDLE OR CATH,VEIN
Based on 4,496–9,482 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$0
Average
$1.9k
Median
$352
High
$1412.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $297 | $522 | $455 | 87% | 1,604–1,622 | $41 – $1.7k |
| 2 | Acadian Medical Center EUNICE, LA | $250 | $214 | $171 | 80% | 562–571 | $0 – $1.0k |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $189 | $595 | $603 | 101% | 472–517 | $2 – $1.6k |
| 4 | Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX | $1 | $1 | $1 | 55% | 165–408 | $0 – $2 |
| 5 | Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX | $1 | $1 | $1 | 55% | 165–408 | $0 – $2 |
| 6 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $66 | $79 | $75 | 96% | 160–250 | $8 – $286 |
| 7 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $66 | $79 | $75 | 96% | 160–250 | $8 – $286 |
| 8 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $42 | $109 | $269 | 246% | 114 | $22 – $1.2k |
| 9 | Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV | $3 | $4 | $3 | 59% | 108–117 | $3 – $10 |
| 10 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $244 | $325 | $154 | 47% | 98–206 | $29 – $725 |
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