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
HB=SUTURE/STAPLE REMOVAL W/ANESTHESIA
Low
$34
Average
$2.7k
Median
$1.4k
High
$89.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $261 | $254 | $67 | 26% | 9–90 | $39 – $358 |
| 2 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $368 | $376 | $175 | 47% | 9–90 | $196 – $865 |
| 3 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $368 | $376 | $175 | 47% | 9–90 | $196 – $865 |
| 4 | Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE | $873 | $887 | $296 | 33% | 6–60 | $306 – $1.5k |
| 5 | Columbia Lutheran Charities Astoria, OR | $113 | $129 | $84 | 65% | 4–40 | $13 – $315 |
| 6 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR | $1.5k | $1.3k | $376 | 29% | 4–40 | $665 – $1.6k |
| 7 | Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND | $2.2k | $2.0k | $447 | 23% | 3–30 | $1.1k – $2.3k |
| 8 | Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT | $5.8k | $5.7k | $381 | 7% | 3–30 | $5.1k – $6.2k |
| 9 | Hospital Of Central Connecticut At New Britain D/b/a The Hospital Of Central Connecticut NEW BRITAIN, CT | $11.6k | $9.4k | $4.5k | 48% | 3–30 | $3.1k – $13.5k |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $3.4k | $3.4k | $636 | 19% | 2–20 | $2.4k – $4.7k |
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