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
$348
Average
$426
Median
$426
High
$504
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2 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Beechstreet 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. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc. Kokomo, IN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $504 | $504 | — | — | — | $504 – $504 |
| 2 | St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital, Inc. Williamsport, IN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $348 | $348 | — | — | — | $348 – $348 |
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