RC 549
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Removal of fluid from between lung and chest cavity
Low
$8
Average
$238
Median
$308
High
$441
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
13 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 19.6× 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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22 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 other · outpatient | 1 | $86 | $170 | $312 | 183% | 8,038–8,056 | $20 – $1.7k |
| 2 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID other · outpatient | 1 | $201 | $306 | $434 | 142% | 1,204–1,231 | $32 – $1.8k |
| 3 | St Luke's McCall, LTD McCall, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $142 | $282 | $341 | 121% | 201–327 | $11 – $2.1k |
| 4 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD Ketchum, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $116 | $279 | $421 | 151% | 143–188 | $10 – $2.0k |
| 5 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $66 | $66 | $62 | 93% | — | $5 – $128 |
| 6 | Holy Name Teaneck, NJ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $0 | $160 | $320 | 200% | — | $0 – $800 |
| 7 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA case rate · both | 2 | $438 | $438 | — | — | — | $438 – $438 |
| 8 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Doing Business As: ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL, TOWANDA CAMPUS Towanda, PA facility · other · outpatient | 7 | $25 | $25 | — | — | — | $25 – $25 |
| 9 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Doing Business As: ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL, TOWANDA CAMPUS Towanda, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $4 | $4 | $2 | 57% | — | $0 – $6 |
| 10 | Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $50 | $50 | — | — | — | $50 – $50 |
| 11 | Springfield Hospital Springfield, VT percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $43 | $43 | $14 | 33% | — | $29 – $57 |
| 12 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $142 | $405 | $851 | 210% | — | $2 – $4.9k |
| 13 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $172 | $414 | $625 | 151% | — | $15 – $3.0k |
| 14 | St Luke's McCall, LTD McCall, ID percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $902 | $1.4k | $1.3k | 91% | — | $142 – $3.1k |
| 15 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD Nampa, ID fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $144 | $452 | $888 | 197% | — | $5 – $4.9k |
| 16 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD Nampa, ID percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $172 | $414 | $625 | 151% | — | $15 – $3.0k |
| 17 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $142 | $405 | $851 | 210% | — | $2 – $4.9k |
| 18 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $172 | $414 | $625 | 151% | — | $15 – $3.0k |
| 19 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD Ketchum, ID fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $102 | $204 | $218 | 107% | — | $9 – $874 |
| 20 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD Ketchum, ID percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $172 | $414 | $625 | 151% | — | $15 – $3.0k |
| 21 | Stephens County Hospital Toccoa, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | — | $8 – $8 |
| 22 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA case rate · both | 2 | $438 | $438 | — | — | — | $438 – $438 |
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