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.
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LUMBAR PUNCTURE
Low
$1
Average
$1.6k
Median
$1.0k
High
$409.3k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2108 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.5× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Harrison, AR fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $63 | $63 | — | — | 1,536 | $63 – $63 |
| 2 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Harrison, AR fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $63 | $63 | — | — | 1,270 | $63 – $63 |
| 3 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 4 | $156 | $112 | $59 | 53% | 72–90 | $40 – $163 |
| 4 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $885 | $885 | — | — | 58–67 | $885 – $885 |
| 5 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $8.6k | $8.6k | — | — | 49 | $8.6k – $8.6k |
| 6 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hauppauge, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $8.6k | $8.6k | — | — | 49 | $8.6k – $8.6k |
| 7 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $694 | $694 | — | — | 45–54 | $694 – $694 |
| 8 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.4k | $7.4k | $7.4k | 100% | 45–54 | $765 – $22.8k |
| 9 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $164 | 9% | 28–280 | $1.5k – $2.0k |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $384 | $422 | $172 | 41% | 28–100 | $233 – $649 |
| 11 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL per diem · outpatient | 2 | $105 | $105 | $15 | 14% | 28 | $90 – $120 |
| 12 | Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 27–270 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 13 | Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 27–270 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 14 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 22 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 15 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $922 | $922 | $149 | 16% | 22 | $774 – $1.1k |
| 16 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · outpatient | 1 | $384 | $384 | — | — | 20 | $384 – $384 |
| 17 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP TN 38301; 7691 POPLAR AVE. MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · both | 5 | $2.0k | $2.6k | $1.9k | 73% | 20–56 | $512 – $5.0k |
| 18 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP TN 38301; 7691 POPLAR AVE. MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $2.0k | $2.6k | $1.9k | 73% | 20–56 | $512 – $5.0k |
| 19 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $666 | $666 | — | — | 17 | $666 – $666 |
| 20 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $666 | $666 | — | — | 17 | $666 – $666 |
| 21 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.4k | $3.5k | $2.6k | 73% | 14 | $1.4k – $7.8k |
| 22 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Montvale, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $7.9k | $7.9k | — | — | 13 | $7.9k – $7.9k |
| 23 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $7.9k | $7.9k | — | — | 13 | $7.9k – $7.9k |
| 24 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | 11 | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 25 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $641 | $660 | $26 | 4% | 11 | $641 – $697 |
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