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
HB Ventricular Puncture Previous Burr Hole W/Inj
Based on 1,421–1,682 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$49
Average
$1.5k
Median
$1.1k
High
$11.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $1.7k | $2.2k | $1.7k | 78% | 1,276 | $337 – $5.6k |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | $209 | 17% | 54 | $809 – $1.6k |
| 3 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $1.4k | $1.4k | $388 | 28% | 40 | $146 – $1.9k |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $653 | $716 | $332 | 46% | 11 | $437 – $1.9k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $653 | $716 | $332 | 46% | 11 | $437 – $1.9k |
| 6 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $873 | $1.3k | $798 | 64% | 5–50 | $395 – $4.1k |
| 7 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY | $874 | $1.9k | $2.4k | 122% | 4–40 | $63 – $9.8k |
| 8 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Harrison, NY | $866 | $1.8k | $2.2k | 119% | 4–40 | $63 – $8.6k |
| 9 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | $355 | 31% | 4–40 | $629 – $2.4k |
| 10 | Dignity Health Phoenix, AZ | $738 | $1.4k | $1.2k | 87% | 3–30 | $115 – $4.8k |
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