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.
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Bm Aspirate Only|BILATERAL PROCEDURE
Low
$36
Average
$2.2k
Median
$1.8k
High
$68.8k
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iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $169 | $169 | — | — | 126 | $169 – $169 |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $17.7k | $22.7k | $27.7k | 122% | 46–82 | $581 – $81.5k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $4.5k | $7.9k | $7.0k | 88% | 6–60 | $543 – $17.9k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $25.4k | $26.3k | $7.5k | 28% | 5–50 | $13.8k – $35.1k |
| 5 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $43 | $43 | — | — | 2–20 | $43 – $43 |
| 6 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $292 | $292 | $86 | 29% | 2–20 | $207 – $378 |
| 7 | MultiCare Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association Union Gap, WA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 8 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $3.4k | $3.4k | $164 | 5% | 2–20 | $3.3k – $3.6k |
| 9 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.1k | $2.2k | $673 | 31% | 2–20 | $1.3k – $3.2k |
| 10 | Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $477 | $477 | — | — | 1–10 | $477 – $477 |
| 11 | Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 12 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 13 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 14 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 15 | HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION Hackensack, NJ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $104 | 8% | 1–10 | $1.2k – $1.4k |
| 16 | MERCY HEALTH FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL LLC Fairfield, OH other · outpatient | 2 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 17 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.4k | $428 | 7% | 1–10 | $5.8k – $6.9k |
| 18 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Montvale, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.3k | $306 | 5% | 1–10 | $5.8k – $6.5k |
| 19 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hauppauge, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.3k | $306 | 5% | 1–10 | $5.8k – $6.5k |
| 20 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.3k | $306 | 5% | 1–10 | $5.8k – $6.5k |
| 21 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $19.1k | $19.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $19.1k – $19.1k |
| 22 | ST JOHNS HOSPITAL OF THE HOSPITAL SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS Springfield, IL case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 23 | SVMC HOLDINGS INC D/B/A ST VINCENT�S MEDICAL CENTER BRIDGEPORT, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $692 | $692 | — | — | 1–10 | $692 – $692 |
| 24 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.7k | $2.7k | $495 | 19% | 1–10 | $2.2k – $3.2k |
| 25 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
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