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 without complications
Low
$375
Average
$3.8k
Median
$4.7k
High
$6.2k
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Reflects negotiated fee schedule rates with commercial payers.
| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County, NM | $375 | $375 | — | — | 1–10 | $375 – $375 |
| 2 | Yale New Haven Hospital Haven, CT | $7.0k | $6.2k | $2.5k | 40% | — | $2.6k – $10.7k |
| 3 | Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV | $4.9k | $4.7k | $259 | 6% | — | $4.4k – $33.5k |
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