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 WITHOUT CC/MCC
PONTIAC, MI
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Mclaren Oakland’s median price of $8.5k is 3% below the median hospital's median price ($8.8k), higher than 47% of the 45 hospitals reporting DRG 188. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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