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 Spinal Tap/Lumbar Puncture
Low
$64
Average
$1.5k
Median
$749
High
$23.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $105 | $105 | $15 | 14% | 28 | $90 – $120 |
| 2 | Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp MEMPHIS, TN | $5.7k | $5.6k | $283 | 5% | 4–40 | $5.1k – $5.9k |
| 3 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 4–40 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 4 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $2.0k | $2.0k | $104 | 5% | 2–20 | $1.9k – $2.1k |
| 5 | Nemours Children's Hospital 6535 Nemours Parkway | $2.2k | $2.7k | $1.8k | 68% | 2–20 | $1.2k – $7.7k |
| 6 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 7 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Vista, AR | $1.8k | $1.2k | $852 | 69% | 1–10 | $38 – $1.8k |
| 9 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $4.5k | $4.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.5k – $4.5k |
| 10 | Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital At Stanford PALO ALTO, CA | $28.5k | $23.4k | $8.9k | 38% | 1–10 | $8k – $28.5k |
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