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
Low
$21
Average
$655
Median
$356
High
$3.1k
Each hospital's average Anthem rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
19 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 56.2× 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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33 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Anthem 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 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $60 | $62 | $5 | 8% | 1–10 | $58 – $69 |
| 2 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $70 | $70 | — | — | — | $70 – $70 |
| 3 | Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon, NV facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $77 | $77 | $74 | 97% | — | $2 – $151 |
| 4 | Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon, NV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $77 | $77 | $74 | 97% | — | $2 – $151 |
| 5 | Banner North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $53 | $53 | $52 | 97% | — | $2 – $105 |
| 6 | Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs, VA fee schedule · both | 1 | $23 | $23 | $12 | 51% | — | $11 – $35 |
| 7 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $356 | $356 | $7 | 2% | — | $349 – $363 |
| 8 | Longs Peak Hospital Longmont, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $352 | $352 | — | — | — | $352 – $352 |
| 9 | Longs Peak Hospital Longmont, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $361 | $384 | $70 | 18% | — | $277 – $502 |
| 10 | Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 11 | Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $3.1k | $3.1k | $1.3k | 41% | — | $1.4k – $4.7k |
| 12 | Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc Fort Collins, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 13 | Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc Fort Collins, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $3.1k | $3.2k | $1.3k | 40% | — | $1.5k – $4.7k |
| 14 | Springfield Hospital Springfield, VT fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $17 | $17 | $6 | 33% | — | $11 – $22 |
| 15 | Springfield Hospital Springfield, VT percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $29 | $29 | $10 | 33% | — | $19 – $38 |
| 16 | St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc. Kokomo, IN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 16 | $263 | $270 | $57 | 21% | — | $197 – $400 |
| 17 | St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital, Inc. Williamsport, IN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 17 | $193 | $187 | $45 | 24% | — | $76 – $276 |
| 18 | The Toledo Hospital Maumee, OH facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $15 | $42 | $38 | 91% | — | $15 – $95 |
| 19 | The Toledo Hospital Maumee, OH professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $95 | $95 | — | — | — | $95 – $95 |
| 20 | UCHMHS Colorado Springs, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $374 | $374 | — | — | — | $374 – $374 |
| 21 | UCHMHS Colorado Springs, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $374 | $394 | $54 | 14% | — | $325 – $473 |
| 22 | UCHMHS Colorado Springs, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $374 | $374 | — | — | — | $374 – $374 |
| 23 | UCHMHS Colorado Springs, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $374 | $394 | $54 | 14% | — | $325 – $473 |
| 24 | UCHealth Broomfield Hospital Broomfield, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $355 | $355 | — | — | — | $355 – $355 |
| 25 | UCHealth Broomfield Hospital Broomfield, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $354 | $362 | $102 | 28% | — | $261 – $567 |
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