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 INC/DRAIN PERITONSIL ABSCESS
Low
$1
Average
$2.6k
Median
$1.4k
High
$659.2k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 1073 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 17.1× 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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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 24 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 2 | Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY | $381 | $1.6k | $1.8k | 108% | 18–180 | $169 – $6.5k |
| 3 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $3.3k | $2.8k | $1.1k | 40% | 5–50 | $890 – $4.0k |
| 4 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $1.3k | $1.0k | $588 | 58% | 4–40 | $202 – $1.8k |
| 5 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $142 | $1000 | $1.1k | 107% | 4–40 | $130 – $3.0k |
| 6 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $6.6k | $6.6k | $6.0k | 91% | 2–20 | $607 – $12.6k |
| 7 | St. Charles Redmond Redmond, OR | $277 | $277 | — | — | 2–20 | $277 – $277 |
| 8 | St. Charles Bend Bend, OR | $277 | $277 | — | — | 2–20 | $277 – $277 |
| 9 | Saratoga Hospital Saratoga Springs, NY | $387 | $1.2k | $1.4k | 108% | 2–20 | $172 – $3.4k |
| 10 | Baptist Hospital Of Miami MIAMI, FL | $366 | $366 | — | — | 1–10 | $366 – $366 |
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