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.
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Removal of fluid from between lung and chest cavity
Low
$9
Average
$797
Median
$543
High
$5.9k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
318 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 3.5× 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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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | 1 | $165 | $397 | $599 | 151% | 1,382–1,436 | $15 – $2.9k |
| 2 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD Nampa, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $165 | $397 | $599 | 151% | 447–501 | $15 – $2.9k |
| 3 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $187 | $450 | $680 | 151% | 73–154 | $17 – $3.3k |
| 4 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD Ketchum, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $182 | $438 | $661 | 151% | 19–91 | $16 – $3.2k |
| 5 | St Luke's McCall, LTD McCall, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $193 | $464 | $702 | 151% | 4–40 | $17 – $3.4k |
| 6 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $70 | $70 | — | — | 1–10 | $70 – $70 |
| 7 | ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL Anchorage, AK case rate · outpatient | 1 | $355 | $355 | — | — | — | $355 – $355 |
| 8 | ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $400 | $400 | — | — | — | $400 – $400 |
| 9 | ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA per diem · inpatient | 1 | $400 | $400 | — | — | — | $400 – $400 |
| 10 | Abington Memorial Hospital Abington, PA facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $350 | $350 | — | — | — | $350 – $350 |
| 11 | Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. Fort Mill, SC per diem · outpatient | 3 | $1.6k | $1.5k | $496 | 33% | — | $839 – $2.0k |
| 12 | Ascension Providence Waco, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $357 | $357 | — | — | — | $357 – $357 |
| 13 | Ascension Seton Burnet, TX per diem · inpatient | 1 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 14 | Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc. Manhattan, KS other · outpatient | 2 | $400 | $400 | — | — | — | $400 – $400 |
| 15 | Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc. Wichita, KS other · outpatient | 2 | $400 | $400 | — | — | — | $400 – $400 |
| 16 | Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. Wichita, KS other · outpatient | 2 | $400 | $400 | — | — | — | $400 – $400 |
| 17 | Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Wichita, KS other · outpatient | 2 | $400 | $400 | — | — | — | $400 – $400 |
| 18 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI case rate · outpatient | 4 | $1.7k | $1.7k | $67 | 4% | — | $1.7k – $1.8k |
| 19 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $84 | $84 | — | — | — | $84 – $84 |
| 20 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $84 | $84 | — | — | — | $84 – $84 |
| 21 | BELTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City, MO case rate · outpatient | 2 | $700 | $700 | $345 | 49% | — | $355 – $1.0k |
| 22 | Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon, NV facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | $73 | 97% | — | $2 – $148 |
| 23 | Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon, NV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | $73 | 97% | — | $2 – $148 |
| 24 | Banner North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $370 | $370 | — | — | — | $370 – $370 |
| 25 | Banner North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $40 | $58 | $59 | 102% | — | $1 – $145 |
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