RC 549
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Removal of fluid from between lung and chest cavity
Low
$9
Average
$536
Median
$282
High
$3.7k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
34 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 31.9× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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50 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $171 | $411 | $623 | 151% | 1,268–1,367 | $14 – $3.2k |
| 2 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $171 | $411 | $623 | 151% | 199–334 | $14 – $3.2k |
| 3 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD Nampa, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $171 | $411 | $623 | 151% | 129–219 | $14 – $3.2k |
| 4 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID other · outpatient | 1 | $93 | $185 | $340 | 183% | 61–205 | $22 – $1.9k |
| 5 | St Luke's McCall, LTD McCall, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $159 | $401 | $618 | 154% | 29–83 | $11 – $3.4k |
| 6 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD Ketchum, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $156 | $399 | $616 | 154% | 28–172 | $11 – $3.4k |
| 7 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID other · outpatient | 1 | $219 | $333 | $473 | 142% | 22–40 | $35 – $1.9k |
| 8 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $83 | $83 | — | — | — | $83 – $83 |
| 9 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $68 | $68 | $15 | 21% | — | $53 – $83 |
| 10 | Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon, NV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $23 | $50 | $62 | 125% | — | $1 – $154 |
| 11 | Banner North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $73 | $73 | $71 | 97% | — | $2 – $144 |
| 12 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $26 | $40 | $43 | 107% | — | $2 – $106 |
| 13 | Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs, VA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $24 | $24 | $12 | 51% | — | $12 – $37 |
| 14 | Baxter County Regional Hospital, Inc. Home, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $126 | $204 | $191 | 94% | — | $1 – $660 |
| 15 | Baxter County Regional Hospital, Inc. Home, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $126 | $204 | $191 | 94% | — | $1 – $660 |
| 16 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $273 | $273 | $6 | 2% | — | $268 – $279 |
| 17 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $378 | $304 | $136 | 45% | — | $112 – $429 |
| 18 | Holy Name Teaneck, NJ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $0 | $62 | $158 | 254% | — | $0 – $811 |
| 19 | Kirby Medical Center Monticello, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $160 | $160 | — | — | — | $160 – $160 |
| 20 | Kirby Medical Center Monticello, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $119 | $119 | $46 | 39% | — | $73 – $165 |
| 21 | Longs Peak Hospital Longmont, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $445 | $445 | — | — | — | $445 – $445 |
| 22 | Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.8k | $3.7k | $389 | 10% | — | $3.2k – $4.1k |
| 23 | Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.9k | $3.7k | $393 | 11% | — | $3.2k – $4.1k |
| 24 | Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc Fort Collins, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.8k | $3.7k | $389 | 10% | — | $3.2k – $4.1k |
| 25 | Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc Fort Collins, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.9k | $3.7k | $393 | 11% | — | $3.2k – $4.1k |
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