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
INJ SINGLE TENDON BIL
Low
$1
Average
$2.2k
Median
$1.7k
High
$19.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $3.3k | $2.6k | $1.3k | 48% | 6–60 | $975 – $4.0k |
| 2 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $1.4k | $1.4k | $272 | 19% | 4–40 | $943 – $1.8k |
| 3 | Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake, IA | $85 | $85 | — | — | 2–20 | $85 – $85 |
| 4 | Midstate Medical Center MERIDEN, CT | $7.8k | $7.8k | $1.1k | 14% | 2–20 | $6.7k – $8.9k |
| 5 | Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer, IA | $281 | $284 | $21 | 8% | 2–20 | $250 – $361 |
| 6 | The William W Backus Hospital NORWICH, CT | $8.9k | $8.9k | $1.3k | 14% | 1–10 | $7.6k – $10.2k |
| 7 | St Vincent Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Green Bay, WI | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 8 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Edison, NJ | $9.4k | $8.2k | $3.0k | 36% | 1–10 | $3.0k – $10.7k |
| 9 | Lutheran Hospital Cleveland, OH | $154 | $1.1k | $1.3k | 118% | 1–10 | $136 – $3.5k |
| 10 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Brick, NJ | $3.5k | $5.2k | $3.4k | 65% | 1–10 | $1.2k – $10.7k |
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