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
DRAIN MINI EXPRESS 500
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Low
$64
Average
$179
Median
$149
High
$409
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Laird Hospital, Inc. Union, MS | $247 | $262 | $31 | 12% | — | $216 – $330 |
| 2 | Rush Medical Foundation Meridian, MS | $174 | $169 | $37 | 22% | — | $124 – $248 |
| 3 | Lafayette General Medical Center Inc Lafayette, LA | $387 | $366 | $245 | 67% | — | $117 – $956 |
| 4 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation Orleans, LA | $124 | $122 | $65 | 53% | — | $38 – $248 |
| 5 | Kemper CAH, Inc. DeKalb, MS | $235 | $251 | $38 | 15% | — | $198 – $330 |
| 6 | Rush Hospital/Butler, Inc. Butler, AL | $181 | $209 | $50 | 24% | — | $175 – $330 |
| 7 | Kaplan General Hospital, Inc ST, LA | $272 | $345 | $87 | 25% | — | $264 – $456 |
| 8 | Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana LULING, LA | $125 | $132 | $39 | 29% | — | $87 – $271 |
| 9 | Ochsner American Legion Hospital, LLC Jennings, LA | $147 | $165 | $48 | 29% | — | $91 – $293 |
| 10 | University Hospital & Clinics, Inc. Lafayette, LA | $143 | $132 | $69 | 52% | — | $60 – $301 |
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