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
Incision Eardrum,Aspir
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Low
$2
Average
$935
Median
$313
High
$21.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $104 | $170 | $104 | 61% | 8–80 | $55 – $457 |
| 2 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $104 | $170 | $104 | 61% | 8–80 | $55 – $457 |
| 3 | The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital TORRINGTON, CT | $3.0k | $1.8k | $1.5k | 82% | 4–40 | $147 – $3.5k |
| 4 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $764 | $884 | $569 | 64% | 4–40 | $236 – $1.9k |
| 5 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $372 | $493 | $312 | 63% | 3–30 | $232 – $1.1k |
| 6 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA | $236 | $484 | $344 | 71% | 1–10 | $206 – $960 |
| 7 | Avera Marshall Hospital Marshall, MN | $267 | $336 | $223 | 66% | 1–10 | $144 – $1.2k |
| 8 | Dignity Community Care Los Angeles, CA | $295 | $219 | $125 | 57% | 1–10 | $64 – $505 |
| 9 | Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA | $348 | $961 | $3.3k | 348% | 1–10 | $49 – $26.6k |
| 10 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $300 | $676 | $1.1k | 162% | — | $183 – $4.1k |
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