EAPG 00068
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
EAPG 3.18: THORACENTESIS, RELATED BIOPSY AND PLEURAL DRAINAGE PROCEDURES
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Low
$401
Average
$42.8k
Median
$817
High
$923.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, CO | $673 | $673 | — | — | — | $673 – $673 |
| 2 | Children's National Hospital Washington, DC | $1.9k | $2.2k | $587 | 27% | — | $1.6k – $3.1k |
| 3 | East Morgan County Hospital Brush, CO | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 4 | University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Iowa City, IA | $923.0k | $923.0k | $87.7k | 10% | — | $835.3k – $1010.7k |
| 5 | University Hospitals Health System Chardon, OH | $823 | $823 | $7 | 1% | — | $811 – $831 |
| 6 | University Of Miami Hosp & Clinics Miami, FL | $757 | $738 | $25 | 3% | — | $694 – $757 |
| 7 | Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone, NY | $423 | $453 | $160 | 35% | — | $297 – $669 |
| 8 | Banner North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO | $717 | $717 | — | — | — | $717 – $717 |
| 9 | University Hospitals Health System Ravenna, OH | $846 | $847 | $7 | 1% | — | $838 – $854 |
| 10 | Memorial Hospital Pembroke Pembroke Pines, FL | $662 | $677 | $34 | 5% | — | $631 – $757 |
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