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
NM Pulmonary Perf/Vent Quan Diff
Based on 189–1,566 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$39
Average
$1.3k
Median
$930
High
$172.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $719 | $1.0k | $462 | 46% | 48–156 | $626 – $1.8k |
| 2 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $980 | $945 | $317 | 34% | 12–120 | $511 – $2.0k |
| 3 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $621 | $887 | $496 | 56% | 11–110 | $500 – $2.5k |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $621 | $887 | $496 | 56% | 11–110 | $500 – $2.5k |
| 5 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $2.7k | $2.7k | $1.9k | 71% | 6–60 | $273 – $6.8k |
| 6 | Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Colorado Springs, CO | $1.1k | $1.3k | $1.1k | 84% | 6–60 | $228 – $3.8k |
| 7 | Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT | $2.3k | $1.8k | $655 | 37% | 6–60 | $474 – $2.3k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $1.5k | $1.3k | $593 | 46% | 5–50 | $37 – $2.4k |
| 9 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO | $1.2k | $1.1k | $290 | 27% | 5–50 | $534 – $1.5k |
| 10 | Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY | $940 | $1.1k | $569 | 53% | 4–40 | $253 – $2.0k |
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