CPT 42970
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
$168
Average
$2.5k
Median
$693
High
$37.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $30.3k | $27.1k | $14.8k | 54% | 21–210 | $8.0k – $47.9k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $33.5k | $33.8k | $14.2k | 42% | 19–190 | $11.2k – $47.9k |
| 3 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $784 | $851 | $246 | 29% | — | $388 – $1.2k |
| 4 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $739 | $693 | $219 | 32% | — | $380 – $957 |
| 5 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX | $297 | $312 | $65 | 21% | — | $180 – $446 |
| 6 | Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO | $4.4k | $4.2k | $1.3k | 32% | — | $711 – $6.1k |
| 7 | Mahnomen Health Center Mahnomen, MN | $306 | $316 | $114 | 36% | — | $150 – $506 |
| 8 | Children's National Hospital Washington, DC | $861 | $861 | $78 | 9% | — | $783 – $940 |
| 9 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $35k | $37.0k | $10.5k | 28% | — | $18.6k – $50k |
| 10 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX | $297 | $312 | $65 | 21% | — | $180 – $446 |
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