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 Cath Exchange Central Tunneled
Low
$1
Average
$5.6k
Median
$4.3k
High
$35.8k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 1210 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $1.7k | $3.2k | $1.9k | 61% | 115 | $1.6k – $5.9k |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 3 | Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY | $3.9k | $4.5k | $2.2k | 48% | 6–60 | $1.5k – $8.7k |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $3.0k | $3.0k | $15 | 0% | 4–40 | $3.0k – $3.1k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $3.0k | $3.0k | $15 | 0% | 4–40 | $3.0k – $3.1k |
| 6 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS | $3.3k | $3.1k | $225 | 7% | 4–40 | $2.9k – $3.6k |
| 7 | Saint Luke’s East Hospital Summit, MO | $3.0k | $3.0k | $171 | 6% | 4–40 | $2.8k – $3.2k |
| 8 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ | $4.0k | $6.7k | $4.3k | 64% | 3–30 | $2.7k – $16.4k |
| 9 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ | $4.0k | $6.7k | $4.3k | 64% | 3–30 | $2.7k – $16.4k |
| 10 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Falls, MT | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.1k – $2.1k |
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