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 DRAIN ABSCESS, PALATE/UVULA
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Low
$0
Average
$712
Median
$291
High
$17.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $418 | $418 | — | — | 2–20 | $418 – $418 |
| 2 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN | $109 | $109 | — | — | 2–20 | $109 – $109 |
| 3 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $360 | $360 | — | — | 2–20 | $360 – $360 |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN | $82 | $82 | — | — | 2–20 | $82 – $82 |
| 5 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $225 | $225 | — | — | 1–10 | $225 – $225 |
| 6 | Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN | $244 | $244 | — | — | 1–10 | $244 – $244 |
| 7 | Kirby Medical Center Monticello, IL | $74 | $74 | — | — | 1–10 | $74 – $74 |
| 8 | Deaconess Health System Henderson Hospital Henderson, KY | $409 | $409 | — | — | 1–10 | $409 – $409 |
| 9 | Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND | $122 | $122 | — | — | 1–10 | $122 – $122 |
| 10 | Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN | $244 | $244 | — | — | 1–10 | $244 – $244 |
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