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 Percutaneous Portal Vein Catheter
Low
$73
Average
$2.2k
Median
$435
High
$9.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $229 | $287 | $98 | 34% | 51 | $207 – $425 |
| 2 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $384 | $384 | $20 | 5% | 2–20 | $364 – $404 |
| 3 | Methodist Hospital Hill Country Fredericksburg, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 4 | Rex Hospital, Inc. Raleigh, NC | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 5 | Manatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton, FL | $673 | $602 | $88 | 15% | — | $474 – $673 |
| 6 | University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $5.5k | $5.5k | $1.1k | 19% | — | $4.5k – $6.6k |
| 7 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | $2.7k | $2.4k | $1.1k | 48% | — | $900 – $3.7k |
| 8 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN | $199 | $199 | — | — | — | $199 – $199 |
| 9 | Fairfield Medical Center Lancaster, OH | $9.0k | $9.0k | $8.5k | 95% | — | $460 – $17.5k |
| 10 | Methodist Specialty And Transplant SAN ANTONIO, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
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