CPT 78591
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
VENT IMAGE, 1 BREATH, 1 PROJ
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Low
$160
Average
$3.1k
Median
$260
High
$25k
Showing only prices reported under the other methodology. Choose another in the filter below to change the chart. 9 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 34.0× 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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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfield Medical Center Lancaster, OH | $25k | $25k | — | — | — | $25k – $25k |
| 2 | St. Alexius Medical Center Estates, IL | $552 | $546 | $9 | 2% | — | $531 – $552 |
| 3 | Henry Ford Health Township, MI | $160 | $160 | — | — | — | $160 – $160 |
| 4 | Alexian Brothers Medical Center Village, IL | $552 | $546 | $8 | 1% | — | $531 – $552 |
| 5 | Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital Estates, IL | $552 | $552 | — | — | — | $552 – $552 |
| 6 | Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI | $160 | $160 | — | — | — | $160 – $160 |
| 7 | Henry Ford Health Heights, MI | $160 | $160 | — | — | — | $160 – $160 |
| 8 | Henry Ford Health Warren, MI | $160 | $160 | — | — | — | $160 – $160 |
| 9 | Ascension Providence Waco, TX | $260 | $260 | — | — | — | $260 – $260 |
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