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 ABDOM PARACENTESIS DX/THER W/O IMAGING GUIDANCE
Low
$1
Average
$2.9k
Median
$2.3k
High
$30.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 24 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 2 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $1.6k | $1.6k | $196 | 13% | 4–40 | $1.3k – $1.8k |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $8.5k | $8.1k | $3.2k | 39% | 3–30 | $3.0k – $13.7k |
| 4 | Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake, IA | $830 | $830 | — | — | 2–20 | $830 – $830 |
| 5 | Renown Regional Medical Center Reno, NV | $2.6k | $2.6k | $1.1k | 42% | 2–20 | $1.5k – $3.7k |
| 6 | Renown South Meadows Medical Center Reno, NV | $2.6k | $2.6k | $1.1k | 42% | 2–20 | $1.5k – $3.7k |
| 7 | Henry Ford Health System West Bloomfield, MI | $2.2k | $2.2k | $642 | 29% | 1–10 | $1.6k – $2.9k |
| 8 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $5.7k | $6.0k | $1.2k | 20% | 1–10 | $3.8k – $8.2k |
| 9 | Virtua_Memorial_Hospital_Inc | Mount Holly, NJ | $1.8k | $5.8k | $5.6k | 96% | 1–10 | $1.0k – $16.4k |
| 10 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $2.9k | $3.5k | $1.8k | 53% | — | $2.0k – $7.7k |
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