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 Place Cath Thoracic Aorta
Low
$1
Average
$6.6k
Median
$5.5k
High
$50.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $6.9k | $32.0k | $48.1k | 151% | 26–260 | $1.5k – $147.0k |
| 2 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $3.4k | $3.7k | $2.3k | 62% | 9–90 | $29 – $7.8k |
| 3 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $4.8k | $5.8k | $3.7k | 63% | 9–90 | $1.7k – $14.1k |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $7.3k | $6.8k | $3.8k | 56% | 7–70 | $1.4k – $13.6k |
| 5 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $7.6k | $7.2k | $4.9k | 68% | 6–60 | $1.3k – $15.0k |
| 6 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $6.1k | $5.9k | $1.6k | 27% | 4–40 | $874 – $8.7k |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $5.2k | $4.5k | $2.8k | 63% | 3–30 | $88 – $7.8k |
| 8 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $5.6k | $5.8k | $1.2k | 21% | 3–30 | $3.0k – $7.6k |
| 9 | Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX | $14.8k | $14.3k | $6.2k | 44% | 2–20 | $4.8k – $24.0k |
| 10 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD | $7.3k | $6.6k | $1.7k | 26% | 2–20 | $2.1k – $8.3k |
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