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 W/Imag Guide
Low
$0
Average
$1.3k
Median
$1.1k
High
$35.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA | $1.3k | $1.3k | $172 | 13% | 760–796 | $90 – $11.7k |
| 2 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN | $948 | $1.1k | $482 | 44% | 747–909 | $216 – $2.8k |
| 3 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $891 | $1.0k | $536 | 53% | 676–703 | $550 – $4.5k |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $891 | $1.0k | $536 | 53% | 676–703 | $550 – $4.5k |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $975 | $1.2k | $454 | 38% | 667–955 | $71 – $3.5k |
| 6 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskegon, MI | $949 | $946 | $281 | 30% | 594–630 | $507 – $1.9k |
| 7 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $875 | $898 | $104 | 12% | 582–591 | $648 – $4.4k |
| 8 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $875 | $898 | $104 | 12% | 582–591 | $648 – $4.4k |
| 9 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.1k | $968 | $166 | 17% | 485–629 | $176 – $2.4k |
| 10 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $859 | $861 | $60 | 7% | 482–590 | $688 – $1.1k |
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