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 CC
Low
$5.3k
Average
$13.0k
Median
$12.0k
High
$34.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mclaren Oakland PONTIAC, MI | $7.8k | $7.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.9k – $22.3k |
| 2 | Karmanos Cancer Center DETROIT, MI | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.9k – $13.8k |
| 3 | Hendricks Regional Health Danville, IN | $5.4k | $5.3k | $496 | 9% | — | $4.3k – $30.4k |
| 4 | Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV | $45.6k | $34.1k | $19.4k | 57% | — | $6.1k – $52.0k |
| 5 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Appleton, WI | $11.7k | $12.0k | $2.0k | 17% | — | $8.4k – $15.0k |
| 6 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Fond Du Lac, WI | $11.7k | $12.0k | $2.0k | 17% | — | $8.4k – $15.0k |
| 7 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc. Appleton, WI | $11.7k | $12.0k | $2.0k | 17% | — | $8.4k – $15.0k |
| 8 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Oshkosh, WI | $11.7k | $12.0k | $2.0k | 17% | — | $8.4k – $15.0k |
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