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 SPINAL PUNCTURE, LUMBAR DIAGNOSTIC
Low
$0
Average
$1.1k
Median
$857
High
$6.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $620 | $618 | $255 | 41% | 203–671 | $202 – $1.3k |
| 2 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $2.1k | $1.9k | $1.1k | 59% | 156–390 | $377 – $5.2k |
| 3 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $806 | $744 | $98 | 13% | 93–255 | $599 – $847 |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $901 | $901 | — | — | 70 | $901 – $901 |
| 5 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $687 | $664 | $98 | 15% | 55–145 | $550 – $861 |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $556 | $513 | $323 | 63% | 36–360 | $84 – $1.2k |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN | $527 | $542 | $205 | 38% | 36–360 | $344 – $1.0k |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN | $527 | $392 | $225 | 57% | 30–300 | $73 – $714 |
| 9 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $733 | $714 | $98 | 14% | 30–165 | $599 – $822 |
| 10 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA | $820 | $997 | $387 | 39% | 25–124 | $781 – $2.0k |
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