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 CC
Low
$0
Average
$4.1k
Median
$3.3k
High
$37.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Infirmary Health Thomas Fairhope, AL | $1.4k | $2.2k | $1.3k | 57% | 17–170 | $1.1k – $20.3k |
| 2 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $3.3k | $3.6k | $3.0k | 83% | 10–100 | $330 – $17.6k |
| 3 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Duluth, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 9–90 | $1.1k – $22.1k |
| 4 | Infirmary Health North Baldwin Bay Minette, AL | $2.2k | $2.5k | $1.4k | 54% | 9–90 | $908 – $23.9k |
| 5 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Cumming, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 8–80 | $1.1k – $22.1k |
| 6 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Atlanta, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 6–60 | $1.1k – $22.1k |
| 7 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 4–40 | $1.1k – $22.1k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $821 | $821 | $396 | 48% | 2–20 | $425 – $30.4k |
| 9 | Triad of Alabama LLC Dothan, AL | $1.3k | $1.5k | $694 | 46% | 2–20 | $754 – $11.7k |
| 10 | River Oaks Hospital LLC Flowood, MS | $1.8k | $2.0k | $758 | 37% | 1–10 | $1.0k – $14.9k |
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