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
DRAINAGE OF FLUID COLLECTION OF ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, AND/OR UPPER SMALL BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE FACILITY
Low
$1
Average
$5.9k
Median
$5.5k
High
$36.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $6.4k | $6.4k | $273 | 4% | 4–40 | $6.1k – $6.6k |
| 2 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $3.4k | $4.5k | $2.3k | 52% | 3–30 | $2.6k – $10.0k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $4.3k | $4.3k | $224 | 5% | 2–20 | $4.0k – $4.5k |
| 4 | Baptist Hospital Of Miami MIAMI, FL | $977 | $977 | — | — | 1–10 | $977 – $977 |
| 5 | Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital Nonprofit Corporation Weston, FL | $3.2k | $4.2k | $1.8k | 42% | 1–10 | $2.1k – $7.7k |
| 6 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $3.0k | $3.8k | $1.7k | 45% | 1–10 | $1.8k – $7.7k |
| 7 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $5.6k | $6.3k | $2.8k | 45% | — | $2.0k – $14.1k |
| 8 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $342 | $458 | $256 | 56% | — | $335 – $1.2k |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $3.2k | $3.0k | $1.0k | 34% | — | $1.1k – $4.6k |
| 10 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco at PGA Parkway Frisco, TX | $4.8k | $6.1k | $2.7k | 44% | — | $2.4k – $10.7k |
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