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
HC REMOVAL SUTURES/STAPLES REQ ANESTHESIA
Low
$1
Average
$3.3k
Median
$2.8k
High
$28.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 2 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $2.1k | $1.8k | $731 | 41% | 3–30 | $202 – $2.6k |
| 3 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $3.6k | $4.0k | $987 | 25% | 3–30 | $3.1k – $5.8k |
| 4 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $1.0k | $954 | $135 | 14% | 2–20 | $764 – $1.1k |
| 5 | The William W Backus Hospital NORWICH, CT | $8.9k | $8.9k | $1.3k | 14% | 1–10 | $7.6k – $10.2k |
| 6 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $7.8k | $8.3k | $3.3k | 39% | 1–10 | $2.7k – $16.8k |
| 7 | Alton Memorial Hospital Alton, IL | $5.7k | $6.0k | $1.2k | 20% | 1–10 | $3.8k – $8.2k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $3.4k | $3.4k | $147 | 4% | 1–10 | $3.3k – $3.6k |
| 9 | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH | $1.2k | $1.6k | $1.4k | 83% | 1–10 | $1.1k – $5.5k |
| 10 | University Hospital & Clinics, Inc. Lafayette, LA | $1.5k | $1.5k | $461 | 32% | 1–10 | $992 – $1.9k |
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