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 CSF Shunt Study
Low
$1
Average
$1.1k
Median
$758
High
$31.4k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
948 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 3.7× 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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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $498 | $473 | $83 | 17% | 4–40 | $341 – $556 |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $472 | $449 | $78 | 17% | 4–40 | $323 – $527 |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $583 | $583 | $8 | 1% | 2–20 | $575 – $591 |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $935 | $935 | $314 | 34% | 2–20 | $621 – $1.2k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $935 | $935 | $314 | 34% | 2–20 | $621 – $1.2k |
| 6 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST PARKRIDGE HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC fee schedule · both | 3 | $756 | $767 | $439 | 57% | 2–20 | $235 – $1.3k |
| 7 | PRISMA HEALTH RICHLAND HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC fee schedule · both | 3 | $756 | $767 | $439 | 57% | 2–20 | $235 – $1.3k |
| 8 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO other · both | 1 | $544 | $544 | — | — | 1–10 | $544 – $544 |
| 9 | St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI facility · other · both | 2 | $417 | $417 | $113 | 27% | 1–10 | $303 – $530 |
| 10 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA other · both | 1 | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 11 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $962 | $962 | — | — | 1–10 | $962 – $962 |
| 12 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA other · outpatient | 1 | $698 | $698 | — | — | — | $698 – $698 |
| 13 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $302 | $302 | $150 | 50% | — | $152 – $452 |
| 14 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $893 | $656 | $407 | 62% | — | $83 – $993 |
| 15 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA other · outpatient | 2 | $698 | $698 | — | — | — | $698 – $698 |
| 16 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $730 | $730 | $117 | 16% | — | $612 – $847 |
| 17 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $1.1k | $1.4k | $513 | 37% | — | $894 – $2.0k |
| 18 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $467 | $492 | $201 | 41% | — | $292 – $743 |
| 19 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 18 | $127 | $187 | $188 | 101% | — | $19 – $618 |
| 20 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Papillion, NE case rate · outpatient | 1 | $525 | $525 | — | — | — | $525 – $525 |
| 21 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Plainview, NE fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $1.0k | $1.0k | $26 | 3% | — | $998 – $1.1k |
| 22 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Plainview, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $998 | $908 | $166 | 18% | — | $675 – $1.1k |
| 23 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Omaha, NE case rate · outpatient | 1 | $525 | $525 | — | — | — | $525 – $525 |
| 24 | ALEGENT HEALTH - MERCY HOSPITAL, CORNING IOWA Corning, IA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $476 | $476 | — | — | — | $476 – $476 |
| 25 | ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Council Bluffs, IA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $525 | $525 | — | — | — | $525 – $525 |
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