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 WITH MCC
Low
$0
Average
$4.6k
Median
$3.4k
High
$55.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infirmary Health Thomas Fairhope, AL | $1.4k | $2.2k | $1.3k | 60% | 16–160 | $1.1k – $36.5k |
| 2 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Atlanta, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 14–140 | $1.1k – $31.9k |
| 3 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Cumming, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 11–110 | $1.1k – $31.9k |
| 4 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $3.4k | $5.6k | $7.8k | 138% | 8–80 | $893 – $33.8k |
| 5 | Infirmary Health North Baldwin Bay Minette, AL | $3.6k | $2.8k | $1.4k | 48% | 7–70 | $908 – $47.2k |
| 6 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Duluth, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 5–50 | $1.1k – $31.9k |
| 7 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL | $1.1k | $1.9k | $1.3k | 69% | 3–30 | $550 – $16.5k |
| 8 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 3–30 | $1.1k – $31.9k |
| 9 | Triad of Alabama LLC Dothan, AL | $1.3k | $1.5k | $694 | 46% | 2–20 | $754 – $17.0k |
| 10 | Foley Hospital Company LLC Foley, AL | $1.1k | $1.3k | $718 | 57% | 2–20 | $643 – $18.9k |
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