Remove Brain Cavity Fluid (CPT 61020)

61020 is the billing code hospitals use for this service. Prices below are each hospital's own posted facility charge.

Name shown as it appears in hospital billing files.

201 of 2110 hospitals post a price for this code. Hospitals that don't post one are left out. We never guess a number.

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HospitalLocationCash priceGross chargeMedicare pays× Medicare
Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home Chatom, AL $54.17 $762.28 0.1×
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital Nacogdoches, TX $57 $190 $888.50 0.1×
Memorial Medical Center Port Lavaca, TX $71.34 $101.92 $888.50 0.1×
East Carroll Parish Hospital Lake Providence, LA $78.75 $105 $805.28 0.1×
Unity Health - White County Medical Center Searcy, AR $84.50 $338 $805.33 0.1×
Unity Health - Jacksonville Jacksonville, AR $84.50 $338 $831.03 0.1×
Unity Health - Newport Newport, AR $84.50 $338 $805.33 0.1×
Foothills Hospital Boulder, CO $105.50 $211 $943.37 0.1×
OU Health University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK $108.56 $1,085.56 $850.66 0.1×
Ascension St. John Medical Center Tulsa, OK $111.09 $300.25 $850.66 0.1×
Ascension St. John Nowata Nowata, OK $111.09 $300.25 $850.66 0.1×
Ascension St. John Sapulpa Sapulpa, OK $111.09 $300.25 $850.66 0.1×
Ochsner Rush Medical Center Meridian, MS $113.75 $325 $781.04 0.1×
Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital Knoxville, TN $126 $210 $802.46 0.2×
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville, TN $148.19 $511 $844.59 0.2×
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TN $148.19 $511 $839.65 0.2×
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN $148.19 $511 $848.54 0.2×
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center Walsenburg, CO $152.10 $169 $933.02 0.2×
Ochsner Laird Hospital Union, MS $198.25 $325 $762.56 0.3×
Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS $204.75 $325 $798.56 0.3×
Titus Regional Medical Center Mount Pleasant, TX $210 $350 $888.50 0.2×
University Medical Center of El Paso El Paso, TX $211.10 $1,055.52 $888.50 0.2×
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS $217.75 $325 $762.56 0.3×
Ochsner Stennis Hospital De Kalb, MS $224.25 $325 $762.56 0.3×
DeSoto Regional Health System Mansfield, LA $234.50 $335 $800.89 0.3×
Ochsner Choctaw General Butler, AL $247 $325 $762.28 0.3×
Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans New Orleans, LA $252.12 $1,146 $830.22 0.3×
St. Bernards Medical Center Jonesboro, AR $253.50 $390 $829.35 0.3×
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX $258.20 $1,291 $888.50 0.3×
Vanderbilt University Hospital Nashville, TN $275.94 $511 $868.23 0.3×
University of Kansas Health System Olathe Hospital Olathe, KS $307.80 $1,539 $837.38 0.4×
The University of Kansas Health System Paola Hospital Paola, KS $307.80 $1,539 $844.86 0.4×
University Health System San Antonio, TX $324.50 $1,298 $888.50 0.4×
Touro New Orleans, LA $331.24 $2,366 $830.22 0.4×
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital Raceland, LA $345.84 $786 $800.89 0.4×
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA $348.48 $1,089 $800.89 0.4×
St. John's Medical Center Jackson, WY $365 $365 $903.63 0.4×
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden West Memphis, AR $373.20 $2,488 $819.48 0.5×
Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol, TN $384.45 $2,563 $839.06 0.5×
Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport, TN $384.45 $2,563 $839.06 0.5×
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville, TN $384.45 $2,563 $802.46 0.5×
Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville, TN $384.45 $2,563 $825.34 0.5×
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA $384.80 $2,405 $830.22 0.5×
New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LA $394.88 $2,468 $830.22 0.5×
East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie, LA $397.32 $2,838 $830.22 0.5×
University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS $419.40 $2,097 $825.77 0.5×
Jefferson Regional Pine Bluff, AR $430 $430 $823.01 0.5×
Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner Kenner, LA $450.80 $1,610 $830.22 0.5×
Cox Medical Center Branson Branson, MO $454.70 $2,003.09 $885.90 0.5×
Cox Medical Centers Springfield, MO $504.78 $2,003.09 $885.90 0.6×
Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO $510.90 $786 $885.90 0.6×
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN $522.48 $2,488 $802.46 0.7×
Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE $538.85 $829 $918.43 0.6×
Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE $538.85 $829 $918.43 0.6×
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City Kansas City, MO $595.80 $993 $885.90 0.7×
Manning Family Children's New Orleans, LA $610.74 $2,262 $830.22 0.7×
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Aurora, CO $624.05 $1,783 $933.02 0.7×
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood, AR $630.68 $2,481 $831.03 0.8×
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Fort Smith, AR $676.65 $1,041 $856.68 0.8×
Ascension Seton Williamson Round Rock, TX $702.45 $1,951.25 $888.50 0.8×
Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX $702.45 $1,951.25 $888.50 0.8×
Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville, TX $702.45 $1,951.25 $888.50 0.8×
Denver Health Medical Center Denver, CO $731.65 $2,090.42 $933.02 0.8×
Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, TX $732.40 $1,831 $888.50 0.8×
Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO $736.45 $1,133 $933.02 0.8×
Children's Hospital Colorado - Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO $736.45 $1,133 $933.02 0.8×
Regional Medical Center Anniston, AL $742.76 $1,142.70 $828.32 0.9×
Park Place Surgical Hospital Lafayette, LA $785.44 $2,646.61 $800.89 1.0×
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS $839.52 $1,749 $837.38 1.0×
Children’s Mercy Adele Hall Kansas City, MO $839.52 $1,749 $885.90 0.9×
University Hospital – UMMC Jackson, MS $840 $2,100 $798.56 1.1×
UMMC Madison Canton, MS $840 $2,100 $798.56 1.1×
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital New London, CT $844.96 $2,347.12 $1,060.32 0.8×
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC $849 $1,698 $857.82 1.0×
University Medical Center New Orleans New Orleans, LA $864.38 $3,929 $800.89 1.1×
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital Austin, TX $880.56 $2,446 $888.50 1.0×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -taylor Taylor, TX $884.17 $1,473.61 $888.50 1.0×
Scott & White Hospital-round Rock Round Rock, TX $884.17 $1,473.61 $888.50 1.0×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX $884.17 $1,473.61 $888.50 1.0×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX $884.17 $1,473.61 $888.50 1.0×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin Austin, TX $884.17 $1,473.61 $888.50 1.0×
Lakeside Medical Center Belle Glade, FL $893.66 $923.64 1.0×
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL $899.62 $1,451 $923.64 1.0×
Baptist Medical Center - Beaches Jacksonville Beach, FL $899.62 $1,451 $923.64 1.0×
Baptist Medical Center - Nassau Fernandina Beach, FL $899.62 $1,451 $923.64 1.0×
Children's of Alabama Birmingham, AL $916.13 $2,130.53 $809.02 1.1×
UAMS Medical Center Little Rock, AR $977.40 $1,629 $831.03 1.2×
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital Slidell, LA $977.58 $803.22 1.2×
Memorial Hermann Houston Physicians Hospital Webster, TX $980.90 $5,233 $888.50 1.1×
Aspen Valley Hospital Aspen, CO $990 $990 $933.02 1.1×
Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center Macon, GA $1,006.50 $2,013 $870.34 1.2×
Atrium Health Navicent Peach Byron, GA $1,011 $2,022 $775.08 1.3×
Grace Surgical Hospital Lubbock, TX $1,012.62 $2,411 $888.50 1.1×
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX $1,012.62 $2,411 $888.50 1.1×
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX $1,012.62 $2,411 $888.50 1.1×
Great Plains Health North Platte, NE $1,018.50 $1,877.50 $918.43 1.1×
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $852.72 1.2×
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health Stanly Albemarle, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health University City Charlotte, NC $1,018.50 $2,037 $859.50 1.2×
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin Milledgeville, GA $1,019.50 $2,039 $870.34 1.2×
UF Health Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL $1,019.60 $1,853.81 $923.64 1.1×
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Tampa, FL $1,029 $2,058 $923.64 1.1×
Griffin Hospital Derby, CT $1,064.32 $1,060.32 1.0×
UCHealth Greeley Hospital Greeley, CO $1,071.60 $1,786 $934.26 1.1×
Valleywise Health Medical Center Phoenix, AZ $1,085.38 $1,500 $943.81 1.1×
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX $1,094.10 $2,605 $888.50 1.2×
Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville, TN $1,105.86 $848.54 1.3×
Children's National Hospital Washington, DC $1,113 $2,226 $1,044.87 1.1×
University Hospital Columbia, MO $1,140.60 $1,901 $885.90 1.3×
Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, CT $1,220.50 $2,347.12 $1,060.32 1.2×
Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, CT $1,220.50 $2,347.12 $1,060.32 1.2×
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney, NE $1,226.71 $2,011 $918.43 1.3×
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Rome, GA $1,229 $2,458 $898.37 1.4×
Memorial Regional Hospital Hollywood, FL $1,229.90 $1,757 $923.64 1.3×
Memorial Hospital Pembroke Pembroke Pines, FL $1,229.90 $1,757 $923.64 1.3×
Memorial Hospital West Pembroke Pines, FL $1,229.90 $1,757 $923.64 1.3×
Memorial Hospital Miramar Miramar, FL $1,229.90 $1,757 $923.64 1.3×
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades, SC $1,233 $2,466 $822.63 1.5×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Temple, TX $1,237.46 $2,062.44 $888.50 1.4×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest Waco, TX $1,237.46 $2,062.44 $888.50 1.4×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati College Station, TX $1,237.46 $2,062.44 $888.50 1.4×
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls Marble Falls, TX $1,237.46 $2,062.44 $888.50 1.4×
Baylor Scott & White Hospital Brenham Brenham, TX $1,237.46 $2,062.44 $888.50 1.4×
Poudre Valley Hospital Fort Collins, CO $1,250.20 $1,786 $933.02 1.3×
Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO $1,250.20 $1,786 $933.02 1.3×
Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL $1,340.85 $3,831 $923.64 1.5×
Dell Children's Medical Center Austin, TX $1,365.88 $1,951.25 $888.50 1.5×
Hilton Head Medical Center Hilton Head Island, SC $1,368.03 $822.63 1.7×
East Cooper Medical Center Mount Pleasant, SC $1,368.03 $822.63 1.7×
Coastal Carolina Medical Center Hardeeville, SC $1,368.03 $822.63 1.7×
William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (UT Southwestern) Dallas, TX $1,368.50 $2,737 $888.50 1.5×
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (Texas Health Resources) Fort Worth, TX $1,382.70 $2,304.50 $888.50 1.6×
Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT $1,384.80 $2,347.12 $1,060.32 1.3×
Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT $1,399 $1,399 $1,060.32 1.3×
Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC Omaha, NE $1,465.88 $1,954.50 $918.43 1.6×
Northside Hospital Forsyth Cumming, GA $1,549.88 $2,066.50 $898.37 1.7×
Northside Hospital Cherokee Canton, GA $1,549.88 $2,066.50 $898.37 1.7×
Northside Hospital Gwinnett Lawrenceville, GA $1,549.88 $2,066.50 $887.15 1.7×
Northside Hospital Atlanta Atlanta, GA $1,549.88 $2,066.50 $898.37 1.7×
Northside Hospital Duluth Duluth, GA $1,549.88 $2,066.50 $887.15 1.7×
UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital Lexington, KY $1,560 $3,900 $863.78 1.8×
UConn Health Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CT $1,579 $3,158 $1,060.32 1.5×
Bradley Medical Center Cleveland, TN $1,600.20 $2,667 $810.05 2.0×
Hamilton Medical Center Dalton, GA $1,600.20 $2,667 $898.37 1.8×
Regional Medical Center Memphis, TN $1,621.86 $2,522.34 $819.48 2.0×
Connecticut Children's Medical Center Hartford, CT $1,688.40 $2,814 $1,060.32 1.6×
MUSC Health University Medical Center Charleston, SC $1,704.50 $3,409 $822.63 2.1×
Fort Duncan Medical Center Eagle Pass, TX $1,710.40 $4,276 $888.50 1.9×
Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance Edinburg, TX $1,780.09 $1,780.09 $888.50 2.0×
North Oaks Medical Center Hammond, LA $1,807.38 $5,738 $808.69 2.2×
Duncan Regional Hospital, Inc Duncan, OK $1,815.12 $850.66 2.1×
United Regional Health Care System Wichita Falls, TX $1,829.42 $1,925.70 $888.50 2.1×
SGMC Health Main Valdosta, GA $1,836 $2,448 $775.08 2.4×
SGMC Health Berrien Nashville, GA $1,836 $2,448 $775.08 2.4×
UF Health Leesburg Hospital Leesburg, FL $1,843.60 $3,352 $923.64 2.0×
Flagler Hospital Saint Augustine, FL $1,843.60 $3,352 $923.64 2.0×
UF Health Shands Hospital Gainesville, FL $1,843.60 $3,352 $923.64 2.0×
UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital The Villages, FL $1,843.60 $3,352 $923.64 2.0×
Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando, FL $1,870.80 $4,677 $923.64 2.0×
Orlando Health - Health Central Hospital Ocoee, FL $1,870.80 $4,677 $923.64 2.0×
Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Saint Petersburg, FL $1,870.80 $4,677 $923.64 2.0×
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Clermont, FL $1,870.80 $4,677 $923.64 2.0×
Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FL $1,870.80 $4,677 $923.64 2.0×
Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital Melbourne, FL $1,870.80 $4,677 $923.64 2.0×
Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital Saint Cloud, FL $1,870.80 $4,677 $923.64 2.0×
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital St. Louis, MO $1,937.10 $3,522 $885.90 2.2×
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital Charleston, SC $1,974.05 $3,037 $822.63 2.4×
Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO $1,992.90 $3,066 $885.90 2.2×
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles St. Charles, MO $2,049.30 $3,726 $885.90 2.3×
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton, MO $2,049.30 $3,726 $885.90 2.3×
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights, MO $2,049.30 $3,726 $885.90 2.3×
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton, MO $2,049.30 $3,726 $885.90 2.3×
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis, MO $2,049.30 $3,726 $885.90 2.3×
Doctors Hospital of Laredo Laredo, TX $2,201.60 $5,504 $888.50 2.5×
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, FL $2,237.95 $3,443 $923.64 2.4×
Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL $2,299.05 $3,537 $923.64 2.5×
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Pinehurst, NC $2,401.50 $2,401.50 $869.80 2.8×
FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital Troy, NC $2,401.50 $2,401.50 $845.40 2.8×
Northwest Surgical Hospital Oklahoma City, OK $2,551.98 $850.66 3.0×
Community Hospital, LLC Oklahoma City, OK $2,551.98 $850.66 3.0×
Texoma Medical Center Denison, TX $3,671.25 $4,895 $888.50 4.1×
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown, KY $4,134.11 $5,512.14 $850.39 4.9×
Baptist Health Richmond Richmond, KY $4,134.11 $5,512.14 $856.19 4.8×
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin, KY $4,134.11 $5,512.14 $829.89 5.0×
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington, KY $4,134.11 $5,512.14 $863.78 4.8×
Baptist Health Paducah Paducah, KY $4,134.11 $5,512.14 $879.23 4.7×
Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY $4,134.11 $5,512.14 $850.39 4.9×
Baptist Health La Grange La Grange, KY $4,134.11 $5,512.14 $850.39 4.9×
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE $4,594 $4,594 $941.42 4.9×
Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL $4,991.35 $7,679 $923.64 5.4×
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston, FL $4,991.35 $7,679 $923.64 5.4×
Omega Hospital Metairie, LA $11,921.34 $20,436.58 $830.22 14.4×
Northwest Medical Center Tucson, AZ $12,794.29 $53,309.55 $943.81 13.6×
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX $1,583 $888.50
Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Thomas Campus Phoenix, AZ $6,300 $943.81

"Medicare pays" is the facility (technical) rate, matching the posted facility charge; the doctor's separate professional fee is excluded throughout. "—" means Medicare has no comparable facility rate.