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 DRAINAGE CATHETER EXCHANGE
Low
$1
Average
$3.7k
Median
$3.2k
High
$19.8k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 1140 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.3× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 2 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $2.0k | $2.0k | $86 | 4% | 23–32 | $1.9k – $2.1k |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $8.5k | $8.3k | $1.9k | 22% | 20–38 | $5.1k – $10.3k |
| 4 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $5.7k | $6.0k | $1.2k | 20% | 15–42 | $3.8k – $8.2k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $2.9k | $2.7k | $795 | 29% | 13–31 | $1.8k – $3.7k |
| 6 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $2.9k | $2.7k | $795 | 29% | 13–31 | $1.8k – $3.7k |
| 7 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | 6–60 | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 8 | Virtua_Memorial_Hospital_Inc | Mount Holly, NJ | $3.6k | $5.9k | $4.9k | 83% | 3–30 | $2.1k – $16.4k |
| 9 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $1.6k | $1.6k | $34 | 2% | 3–30 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 10 | Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato 56001-4752 | $2.0k | $2.0k | $86 | 4% | 2–20 | $1.9k – $2.1k |
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