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 PARACENTESIS ABD WO IMG
Low
$1
Average
$1.3k
Median
$1.1k
High
$10.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL | $3.2k | $3.2k | $71 | 2% | 401–482 | $2.9k – $3.2k |
| 2 | Dignity Health Merced, CA | $1.2k | $1.2k | $1.1k | 92% | 38 | $67 – $3.0k |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $984 | $1.8k | $1.1k | 64% | 37–253 | $581 – $4.1k |
| 4 | Parkland Health Dallas, TX | $370 | $652 | $588 | 90% | 28–46 | $60 – $1.8k |
| 5 | Dignity Health Santa Cruz, CA | $1.4k | $1.6k | $1.2k | 72% | 26 | $67 – $4.0k |
| 6 | Sierra Nevada Memorial-miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA | $2.3k | $1.8k | $1.0k | 57% | 19 | $67 – $3.0k |
| 7 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $1.5k | $2.1k | $1.1k | 54% | 12–120 | $938 – $3.4k |
| 8 | Dignity Health Carmichael, CA | $1.2k | $1.5k | $1.2k | 80% | 8–80 | $67 – $4.2k |
| 9 | Dignity Community Care Chandler, AZ | $196 | $938 | $1.4k | 150% | 8–80 | $76 – $4.8k |
| 10 | Public Hospital District No 1 of Mason County Shelton, WA | $287 | $334 | $82 | 25% | 6–60 | $266 – $450 |
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