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
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Low
$10
Average
$6.1k
Median
$4.9k
High
$665.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bethesda Hospital BOYNTON BEACH, FL | $8.3k | $7.6k | $1.6k | 21% | 4–40 | $4.9k – $8.8k |
| 2 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Falls, MT | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 3 | Midstate Medical Center MERIDEN, CT | $7.8k | $7.8k | $1.1k | 14% | 2–20 | $6.7k – $8.9k |
| 4 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS | $5.1k | $5.1k | $265 | 5% | 2–20 | $4.8k – $5.3k |
| 5 | Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana LULING, LA | $2.6k | $1.9k | $1.0k | 54% | 2–20 | $468 – $3.2k |
| 6 | Windham Community Memorial Hospital Inc WILLIMANTIC, CT | $7.1k | $7.1k | $1.0k | 14% | 2–20 | $6.1k – $8.1k |
| 7 | Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital Nonprofit Corporation Weston, FL | $1.8k | $3.6k | $4.1k | 115% | 2–20 | $1.4k – $14.8k |
| 8 | Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON, FL | $6.8k | $6.8k | $1.7k | 25% | 2–20 | $5.1k – $8.5k |
| 9 | South Miami Hospital SOUTH MIAMI, FL | $977 | $977 | — | — | 1–10 | $977 – $977 |
| 10 | The William W Backus Hospital NORWICH, CT | $8.9k | $8.9k | $1.3k | 14% | 1–10 | $7.6k – $10.2k |
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