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
NEPHROSTOMY/NEPHROTOMY W/DRAINAGE
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Low
$80
Average
$6.0k
Median
$4.0k
High
$593.6k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville VACAVILLE, CA | $2.0k | $2.0k | $971 | 48% | 2–20 | $1.1k – $3.0k |
| 2 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara SANTA CLARA, CA | $2.0k | $2.0k | $971 | 48% | 2–20 | $1.1k – $3.0k |
| 3 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno FRESNO, CA | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 4 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek WALNUT CREEK, CA | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 5 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro SAN LEANDRO, CA | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 6 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa SANTA ROSA, CA | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 7 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento SACRAMENTO, CA | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 8 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Modesto Modesto, CA | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 9 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael SAN RAFAEL, CA | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 10 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $3.1k | $2.9k | $1.1k | 39% | — | $1.4k – $4.1k |
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