APC 5181
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
ASPIRATE PLEURA W/O IMAGING
Schenectady, NY
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Ellis Hospital’s median price of $818 is 14% above the median hospital's median price ($720), higher than 58% of the 676 hospitals reporting APC 5181. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 2 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 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $783 | $2.7k | $2.5k | 92% | — | $313 – $6.6k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield senior facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $818 | $2.9k | $2.7k | 93% | — | $327 – $7.0k |
Last updated: Jun 25, 2026
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