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 DRAIN EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL ABSCESS
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Low
$24
Average
$1.3k
Median
$978
High
$10.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | $264 | 22% | 24 | $767 – $2.3k |
| 2 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $678 | $760 | $244 | 32% | 5–50 | $448 – $1.4k |
| 3 | The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc Macon, GA | $293 | $499 | $785 | 157% | 2–20 | $99 – $5.8k |
| 4 | Community Memorial Hospital of Menomonee Falls Inc Menomonee Falls, WI | $683 | $977 | $1.0k | 103% | 2–20 | $250 – $4.8k |
| 5 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $979 | $1.1k | $705 | 62% | 2–20 | $113 – $2.7k |
| 6 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Charlotte, NC | $213 | $245 | $163 | 67% | 2–20 | $44 – $836 |
| 7 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $479 | $452 | $213 | 47% | 1–10 | $228 – $905 |
| 8 | Dignity Health Henderson, NV | $778 | $1.3k | $1.6k | 125% | 1–10 | $137 – $5.5k |
| 9 | Uchmhs Colorado Springs, CO | $1.1k | $1.4k | $1.0k | 74% | 1–10 | $512 – $6.4k |
| 10 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Charlotte, NC | $202 | $241 | $165 | 68% | 1–10 | $44 – $836 |
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