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 MECH REMOV INTRALUM OBSTR CV DEV THRU LUMEN
Based on 133–844 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$1
Average
$2.7k
Median
$2.0k
High
$33.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | $207 | 17% | 54 | $801 – $1.6k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $2.8k | $5.6k | $5.8k | 103% | 52–520 | $51 – $19.3k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $4.5k | $6.7k | $6.3k | 94% | 19–190 | $834 – $19.3k |
| 4 | The Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte, NC | $1.6k | $2.1k | $1.1k | 52% | 1–10 | $1.5k – $4.9k |
| 5 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles, LA | $1.4k | $1.6k | $978 | 61% | 1–10 | $680 – $4.8k |
| 6 | Indian River Memorial Hospital Inc Vero Beach, FL | $487 | $2.1k | $2.7k | 128% | 1–10 | $32 – $8.9k |
| 7 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $1.7k | $2.5k | $1.7k | 67% | 1–10 | $1.5k – $7.3k |
| 8 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $1.5k | $2.3k | $1.8k | 77% | 1–10 | $598 – $7.6k |
| 9 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $1.1k | $1.3k | $1.3k | 96% | 1–10 | $74 – $4.1k |
| 10 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $1.6k | $2.3k | $1.8k | 77% | 1–10 | $598 – $7.6k |
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