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 ABD PARACENTESIS W/O IMAGING GUIDANCE
Low
$0
Average
$1.3k
Median
$1.0k
High
$20.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $545 | $589 | $52 | 9% | 29–56 | $545 – $668 |
| 2 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $884 | $603 | $397 | 66% | 8–80 | $92 – $948 |
| 3 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN | $962 | $1.2k | $501 | 43% | 8–80 | $744 – $2.0k |
| 4 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $537 | $537 | $11 | 2% | 8–80 | $526 – $548 |
| 5 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI | $907 | $962 | $313 | 33% | 6–60 | $507 – $2.0k |
| 6 | Bullhead City Hospital Corporation City, AZ | $875 | $1.4k | $1.4k | 99% | 5–50 | $70 – $5.9k |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $1.2k | $1.2k | $799 | 69% | 4–40 | $358 – $2.0k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire 54703-5270 | $967 | $966 | $21 | 2% | 4–40 | $939 – $986 |
| 9 | Methodist Olive Branch Hospital OLIVE BRANCH, MS | $859 | $850 | $34 | 4% | 4–40 | $688 – $859 |
| 10 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $756 | $791 | $49 | 6% | 3–30 | $756 – $860 |
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