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
Perry, GA
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Houston Hospitals Inc’s median price of $5.9k is 17% below the median hospital's median price ($7.1k), higher than 9% of the 801 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: 6 payers, 6 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 medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 3 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.9k | $5.9k | — | — | — | $5.9k – $5.9k |
| 4 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 5 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 6 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.1k | $12.1k | — | — | — | $12.1k – $12.1k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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