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
HCHG IRRIGATION OF PORT/CVC (PORT-A-CATH FLUSH)
Based on 38,110–66,757 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$14
Average
$1.1k
Median
$120
High
$2150.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | University Of Miami Hosp & Clinics Miami, FL | $419 | $517 | $462 | 89% | 4,118–4,136 | $60 – $2.4k |
| 2 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $60 | $118 | $96 | 81% | 1,616–1,634 | $17 – $332 |
| 3 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $82 | $153 | $139 | 91% | 1,107–1,305 | $17 – $473 |
| 4 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $161 | $139 | $42 | 30% | 1,102–1,156 | $30 – $188 |
| 5 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE, IN | $206 | $213 | $76 | 36% | 849–957 | $62 – $424 |
| 6 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $169 | $190 | $81 | 43% | 712–820 | $62 – $380 |
| 7 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $98 | $119 | $51 | 43% | 674–782 | $74 – $311 |
| 8 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $73 | $158 | $101 | 64% | 593–701 | $67 – $312 |
| 9 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $106 | $94 | $33 | 35% | 548–620 | $47 – $142 |
| 10 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $56 | $82 | $73 | 90% | 517–661 | $22 – $286 |
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