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 CC/MCC
Low
$8.1k
Average
$12.7k
Median
$11.4k
High
$18.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT CROWN POINT, IN | $6.1k | $8.1k | $2.8k | 35% | 1–10 | $6.1k – $26.7k |
| 2 | Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Richardson, TX | $11.3k | $10.7k | $2.4k | 22% | 1–10 | $5.1k – $14.5k |
| 3 | Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Richardson, TX | $11.3k | $10.7k | $2.4k | 22% | 1–10 | $5.1k – $14.5k |
| 4 | Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ | $17.9k | $16.2k | $3.6k | 22% | — | $6.1k – $17.9k |
| 5 | CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ | $19.3k | $18.9k | $561 | 3% | — | $17.7k – $19.3k |
| 6 | Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ | $16.1k | $15.7k | $551 | 4% | — | $14.8k – $16.1k |
| 7 | Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ | $16.1k | $14.9k | $2.2k | 15% | — | $8.7k – $16.1k |
| 8 | Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ | $16.1k | $15.6k | $566 | 4% | — | $14.8k – $16.1k |
| 9 | Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ | $17.5k | $17.3k | $642 | 4% | — | $16.4k – $17.9k |
| 10 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN | $6.5k | $8.6k | $3.0k | 35% | — | $4.2k – $17.9k |
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