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
$1
Average
$2.8k
Median
$2.0k
High
$77.0k
Each hospital's average Cigna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1443 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 14.9× 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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iThe hospitals that file a Cigna 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 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $17.1k | $35.3k | $35.3k | 100% | 24–51 | $560 – $81.5k |
| 2 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $164 | $164 | — | — | 20 | $164 – $164 |
| 3 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $732 | $725 | $190 | 26% | 3–30 | $488 – $954 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $22.0k | $29.9k | $17.1k | 57% | 3–30 | $14.1k – $53.6k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $6.3k | $11.9k | $13.1k | 110% | 3–30 | $812 – $37.9k |
| 6 | Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.7k | $1.9k | $637 | 34% | 3–30 | $888 – $2.8k |
| 7 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA fee schedule · both | 1 | $43 | $43 | — | — | 2–20 | $43 – $43 |
| 8 | Carteret County General Hospital Corporation Morehead City, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 9 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $58.2k | $58.2k | $15.4k | 26% | 2–20 | $42.9k – $73.6k |
| 10 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $3.6k | $3.6k | $291 | 8% | 2–20 | $3.3k – $4.0k |
| 11 | Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.3k | $2.3k | $56 | 2% | 1–10 | $2.3k – $2.4k |
| 12 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 13 | GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER, LLC DBA LAFAYETTE, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $5.2k | $4.9k | $1.7k | 35% | 1–10 | $2.3k – $7.9k |
| 14 | HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION Hackensack, NJ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $4.5k | $4.2k | $365 | 9% | 1–10 | $3.7k – $4.5k |
| 15 | INTERMOUNTAIN FRONT RANGE INC. DBA INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH LUTHERAN HOSPITAL WHEAT RIDGE, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $5.2k | $4.9k | $1.7k | 35% | 1–10 | $2.3k – $7.9k |
| 16 | LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $239 | $239 | — | — | 1–10 | $239 – $239 |
| 17 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 18 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hauppauge, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 19 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Duluth, GA other · outpatient | 1 | $904 | $3.5k | $3.7k | 105% | 1–10 | $904 – $8.7k |
| 20 | SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL, INC. DBA INTERMOUNTAIN NHEALTH SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL DENVER, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $5.2k | $4.9k | $1.7k | 35% | 1–10 | $2.3k – $7.9k |
| 21 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.7k | $2.7k | $501 | 19% | 1–10 | $2.2k – $3.2k |
| 22 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 23 | THE WILLIAM W BACKUS HOSPITAL PLAINFIELD, CT percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 24 | ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC 1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HWY case rate · outpatient | 1 | $954 | $1.1k | $225 | 20% | — | $954 – $1.4k |
| 25 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
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