RC 549
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
Removal of fluid from between lung and chest cavity
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Based on 20,551–25,105 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$7
Average
$938
Median
$583
High
$10k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Boise, ID | $129 | $328 | $586 | 179% | 14,999–16,772 | $2 – $4.9k |
| 2 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Twin Falls, ID | $144 | $361 | $616 | 171% | 3,690–4,617 | $2 – $4.9k |
| 3 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD Nampa, ID | $145 | $388 | $644 | 166% | 788–1,409 | $2 – $4.9k |
| 4 | St Luke's McCall, LTD McCall, ID | $155 | $390 | $605 | 155% | 612–1,197 | $10 – $3.4k |
| 5 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD Ketchum, ID | $153 | $382 | $582 | 152% | 459–1,080 | $9 – $3.4k |
| 6 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $41 | $41 | $29 | 69% | 1–10 | $13 – $70 |
| 7 | UCHealth Estes Valley Medical Center Estes Park, CO | $237 | $274 | $188 | 69% | 1–10 | $47 – $650 |
| 8 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI | $69 | $238 | $505 | 212% | 1–10 | $50 – $1.8k |
| 9 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $350 | $350 | — | — | — | $350 – $350 |
| 10 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $19 | $41 | $77 | 189% | — | $14 – $350 |
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