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 ASSAY OTHER FLUID CHLORIDES BODY FLUID
Based on 1,452–4,818 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$3
Average
$1.1k
Median
$16
High
$2282.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $65 | $64 | $19 | 29% | 174 | $19 – $153 |
| 2 | Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC | $38 | $36 | $20 | 57% | 129–183 | $5 – $77 |
| 3 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $10 | $18 | $18 | 101% | 115–187 | $5 – $57 |
| 4 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $87 | $83 | $41 | 49% | 108–468 | $4 – $173 |
| 5 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $248 | $219 | $116 | 53% | 90–162 | $7 – $362 |
| 6 | Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus, IN | $8 | $15 | $11 | 73% | 79–124 | $5 – $31 |
| 7 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $248 | $219 | $116 | 53% | 78–132 | $7 – $362 |
| 8 | Nemours Children's Hospital 6535 Nemours Parkway | $54 | $87 | $74 | 85% | 67–256 | $5 – $305 |
| 9 | Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE | $40 | $214 | $228 | 107% | 67–265 | $5 – $757 |
| 10 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR | $14 | $27 | $24 | 90% | 67–211 | $5 – $67 |
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