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
Sputum Obtain Specimen Aero Induced
Low
$1
Average
$268
Median
$176
High
$8.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $203 | $203 | $3 | 2% | 36–90 | $199 – $210 |
| 2 | University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Albuquerque, NM | $168 | $201 | $113 | 56% | 35–89 | $20 – $411 |
| 3 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $201 | $203 | $4 | 2% | 34–61 | $199 – $210 |
| 4 | The Mercy Hospital Inc Springfield, MA | $210 | $263 | $91 | 35% | 3–30 | $200 – $490 |
| 5 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $166 | $166 | — | — | 1–10 | $166 – $166 |
| 6 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $168 | $172 | $25 | 14% | 1–10 | $161 – $301 |
| 7 | Northwest Hospital LLC Tucson, AZ | $107 | $126 | $50 | 39% | 1–10 | $46 – $227 |
| 8 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $168 | $172 | $25 | 14% | 1–10 | $161 – $301 |
| 9 | Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee, Inc. Mequon, WI | $167 | $234 | $94 | 40% | — | $167 – $367 |
| 10 | Henry Ford Health Novi, MI | $166 | $122 | $69 | 56% | — | $16 – $232 |
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