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
PR Brief Communication Tech Based Serv Provided to Established Pt 5-10 Min
Based on 120–840 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$0
Average
$281
Median
$24
High
$93.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI | $17 | $16 | $6 | 35% | 53–170 | $9 – $37 |
| 2 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $52 | $61 | $30 | 49% | 23–230 | $25 – $138 |
| 3 | Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL | $13 | $17 | $7 | 41% | 7–70 | $9 – $49 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN | $20 | $19 | $7 | 34% | 6–60 | $0 – $33 |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville, AR | $27 | $43 | $24 | 56% | 6–60 | $5 – $90 |
| 6 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV | $13 | $15 | $7 | 50% | 4–40 | $8 – $50 |
| 7 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI | $14 | $15 | $5 | 34% | 3–30 | $8 – $35 |
| 8 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA | $129 | $160 | $87 | 54% | 3–30 | $25 – $257 |
| 9 | Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH | $35 | $35 | $3 | 8% | 3–30 | $11 – $35 |
| 10 | Blessing Hospital Quincy, IL | $29 | $28 | $6 | 23% | 3–30 | $13 – $38 |
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