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 WITHOUT CC/MCC
Low
$0
Average
$19.1k
Median
$14.9k
High
$95.6k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $23.5k | $21.7k | $8.3k | 38% | 20–200 | $749 – $30.3k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $39.2k | $33.8k | $12.9k | 38% | 18–180 | $12.9k – $46.1k |
| 3 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $33.2k | $31.7k | $13.6k | 43% | 9–90 | $5.1k – $46.1k |
| 4 | Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center LLC Poplar Bluff, MO | $135 | $135 | — | — | 1–10 | $135 – $16.3k |
| 5 | Saint Josephs Hospital Of Atlanta Inc Atlanta, GA | $13.9k | $13.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $13.9k – $13.9k |
| 6 | Providence Health & Services - Montana Missoula, MT | $12.7k | $12.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $12.7k – $12.7k |
| 7 | Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, OH | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 8 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $24.9k | $19.4k | $8.6k | 45% | 1–10 | $3.9k – $26.1k |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Albany, IN | $2.3k | $3.2k | $1.7k | 54% | 1–10 | $1.6k – $10.0k |
| 10 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $28.6k | $28.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $118 – $28.6k |
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