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
PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH MCC
Low
$8.4k
Average
$17.3k
Median
$13.2k
High
$67.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mclaren Macomb CLEMENS, MI | $13.8k | $13.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $10.1k – $40.8k |
| 2 | Mclaren Lapeer Region LAPEER, MI | $13.8k | $13.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $10.1k – $40.8k |
| 3 | Scotland Memorial Hospital Inc. Laurinburg, NC | $13.2k | $13.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $13.2k – $13.2k |
| 4 | Hendricks Regional Health Danville, IN | $8.4k | $8.4k | $781 | 9% | — | $6.8k – $47.9k |
| 5 | Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV | $91.8k | $67.0k | $41.1k | 61% | — | $7.6k – $104.8k |
| 6 | Greenbrier Valley Medical Center Ronceverte, WV | $14.0k | $13.4k | $3.1k | 23% | — | $6.1k – $17.3k |
| 7 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Appleton, WI | $10.8k | $11.0k | $1.8k | 17% | — | $7.8k – $15.0k |
| 8 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Fond Du Lac, WI | $10.8k | $11.0k | $1.8k | 17% | — | $7.8k – $15.0k |
| 9 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc. Appleton, WI | $10.8k | $11.0k | $1.8k | 17% | — | $7.8k – $15.0k |
| 10 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Oshkosh, WI | $10.8k | $11.0k | $1.8k | 17% | — | $7.8k – $15.0k |
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