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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Inst pleu-perit shnt w pump
Newark, DE
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ChristianaCare’s median price of $7.6k is 7% above the median hospital's median price ($7.1k), higher than 60% of the 798 hospitals reporting HCPCS C8006. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 7 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | — | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark health options medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark wholecare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | — | $7.7k – $7.7k |
| 5 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.8k | $9.8k | — | — | — | $9.8k – $9.8k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.3k | $10.3k | — | — | — | $10.3k – $10.3k |
| 7 | Ambetter all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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