CPT 38520
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
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Low
$38
Average
$5.1k
Median
$2.1k
High
$50.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $55.0k | $50.3k | $22.8k | 45% | 26–260 | $14.2k – $75.8k |
| 2 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | 5–50 | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 3 | The Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte, NC | $4.4k | $4.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.4k – $4.4k |
| 4 | Dignity Community Care Glendale, CA | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 5 | East Georgia Regional Medical Center LLC Statesboro, GA | $12.5k | $13.2k | $10.5k | 80% | 1–10 | $2.0k – $29.6k |
| 6 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $453 | $453 | — | — | — | $453 – $453 |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $39 | $38 | $4 | 11% | — | $29 – $44 |
| 8 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $12.9k | $14.0k | $4.1k | 29% | — | $6.4k – $19.9k |
| 9 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $1.2k | $1.1k | $363 | 32% | — | $630 – $1.6k |
| 10 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX | $4.8k | $5.0k | $1.1k | 21% | — | $2.9k – $7.2k |
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