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 Brain Canal Shunt Procedure
Low
$35
Average
$1.2k
Median
$980
High
$8.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $1.4k | $1.5k | $908 | 59% | 26–260 | $300 – $3.2k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $362 | $481 | $249 | 52% | 24–240 | $178 – $984 |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $343 | $456 | $236 | 52% | 24–240 | $169 – $932 |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $189 | $613 | $551 | 90% | 10–100 | $123 – $1.6k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $294 | $343 | $188 | 55% | 8–80 | $180 – $798 |
| 6 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $294 | $343 | $188 | 55% | 8–80 | $180 – $798 |
| 7 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $2.1k | $1.5k | $756 | 50% | 7–70 | $303 – $2.3k |
| 8 | Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC | $650 | $662 | $247 | 37% | 6–60 | $255 – $1.1k |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority Madison, WI | $1.1k | $1.2k | $228 | 19% | 6–60 | $719 – $1.7k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $1.5k | $1.4k | $944 | 68% | 5–50 | $245 – $2.9k |
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