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
Ventricular Puncture Previous Burr Hole W/Inj
Low
$56
Average
$1.1k
Median
$828
High
$11.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY | $693 | $2.0k | $2.5k | 125% | 4–40 | $63 – $8.6k |
| 2 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Harrison, NY | $693 | $2.0k | $2.4k | 125% | 4–40 | $63 – $8.6k |
| 3 | Dignity Health Phoenix, AZ | $738 | $1.3k | $1.2k | 92% | 2–20 | $115 – $4.8k |
| 4 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS | $1.1k | $1.0k | $953 | 93% | 2–20 | $343 – $4.6k |
| 5 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ | $701 | $2.8k | $2.7k | 96% | 2–20 | $131 – $7.9k |
| 6 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ | $701 | $2.8k | $2.7k | 96% | 2–20 | $131 – $7.9k |
| 7 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $905 | $1.1k | $946 | 84% | — | $167 – $4.1k |
| 8 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA | $1.7k | $2.0k | $836 | 42% | — | $1.2k – $3.1k |
| 9 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $1.1k | $1.6k | $890 | 57% | — | $756 – $3.2k |
| 10 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $512 | $525 | $22 | 4% | — | $512 – $564 |
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