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
PERMANENT TEAR DUCT PLUG
Low
$9
Average
$2.2k
Median
$17
High
$19.7k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 30 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 791.9× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | 64 | $148 – $4.2k |
| 2 | The Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA | $446 | $446 | — | — | — | $446 – $446 |
| 3 | Trinity Medical Center Rock Island, IL | $446 | $446 | — | — | — | $446 – $446 |
| 4 | Unity Healthcare Muscatine, IA | $446 | $446 | — | — | — | $446 – $446 |
| 5 | Hca Florida Ocala Hospital SUMMERFIELD, FL | $15k | $15k | — | — | — | $22 – $15k |
| 6 | Hca Florida Osceola Hospital ORLANDO, FL | $15k | $15k | — | — | — | $14 – $15k |
| 7 | Hca Florida Palms West Hospital LOXAHATCHEE, FL | $550 | $550 | — | — | — | $14 – $550 |
| 8 | VHS Harper-Hutzel Hospital Inc Detroit, MI | $11 | $11 | $3 | 33% | — | $1 – $16 |
| 9 | VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Inc Commerce Charter Twp, MI | $11 | $11 | $3 | 33% | — | $1 – $16 |
| 10 | Geisinger Wyoming Valley Wilkes-Barre, PA | $19.7k | $19.7k | $3.5k | 18% | — | $68 – $23.2k |
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