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
PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH COMORBITY
South Charleston, WV
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Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association’s median price of $11.2k is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($14.8k), higher than 15% of the 2,083 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 186. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jul 10, 2026
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