APR-DRG 021
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
CRANIOTOMY EXCEPT FOR TRAUMA,MINOR
Based on 58–580 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$681
Average
$72.2k
Median
$65.7k
High
$220.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MVHS, Inc. Utica, NY | $27.8k | $37.4k | $23.1k | 62% | 20–200 | $11.4k – $137.5k |
| 2 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN | $136.5k | $104.3k | $37.9k | 36% | 18–180 | $39.8k – $422.6k |
| 3 | Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp Des Moines, IA | $49.1k | $63.1k | $34.8k | 55% | 9–90 | $27.4k – $118.2k |
| 4 | Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE | $36.3k | $39.1k | $15.0k | 38% | 3–30 | $19.9k – $70.7k |
| 5 | Parkland Health Dallas, TX | $58.9k | $68.2k | $57.3k | 84% | 2–20 | $16.2k – $265.5k |
| 6 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI | $26.2k | $28.0k | $5.7k | 20% | 1–10 | $19.6k – $34.8k |
| 7 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskegon, MI | $21.9k | $22.5k | $7.2k | 32% | 1–10 | $13.8k – $32.0k |
| 8 | St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI | $15.0k | $14.7k | $494 | 3% | 1–10 | $13.8k – $15.0k |
| 9 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI | $1.3k | $9.9k | $11.3k | 115% | 1–10 | $923 – $31.4k |
| 10 | Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA | $118.2k | $118.1k | $1.3k | 1% | 1–10 | $107.5k – $118.2k |
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