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
$44
Average
$155
Median
$140
High
$283
Each hospital's average Molina rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
7 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.2× 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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10 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Molina 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 | 2 | $86 | $170 | $312 | 183% | 401–482 | $20 – $1.7k |
| 2 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID other · outpatient | 2 | $201 | $306 | $434 | 142% | 144–189 | $32 – $1.8k |
| 3 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD Ketchum, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $116 | $279 | $421 | 151% | 5–50 | $10 – $2.1k |
| 4 | St Luke's McCall, LTD McCall, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $118 | $283 | $428 | 151% | 3–30 | $10 – $2.1k |
| 5 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $60 | $60 | — | — | — | $60 – $60 |
| 6 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $44 | $44 | $41 | 93% | — | $3 – $85 |
| 7 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $44 | $44 | $41 | 93% | — | $3 – $85 |
| 8 | Kirby Medical Center Monticello, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 9 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $5 | $10 | $8 | 81% | — | $2 – $27 |
| 10 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $5 | $10 | $8 | 81% | — | $2 – $27 |
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