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
barium sulfate 2 % (w/v) Susp 450 mL Bottle
Low
$8
Average
$74
Median
$25
High
$561
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX | $13 | $13 | $6 | 48% | 24–42 | $4 – $24 |
| 2 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA | $91 | $106 | $50 | 47% | 1–10 | $35 – $13.5k |
| 3 | St. Joseph Health System, LLC Wayne, IN | $561 | $561 | — | — | — | $135 – $561 |
| 4 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $60 | $117 | $81 | 70% | — | $46 – $307 |
| 5 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Canton, GA | $52 | $113 | $89 | 79% | — | $34 – $307 |
| 6 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Atlanta, GA | $63 | $122 | $82 | 67% | — | $50 – $307 |
| 7 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Duluth, GA | $53 | $111 | $86 | 77% | — | $39 – $307 |
| 8 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Cumming, GA | $51 | $114 | $88 | 78% | — | $37 – $307 |
| 9 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation Orleans, LA | $22 | $46 | $61 | 133% | — | $11 – $266 |
| 10 | East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc Baton Rouge, LA | $11 | $22 | $30 | 138% | — | $3 – $167 |
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