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
Osteot Spi Pst/Pstlat Appr 1 Vrt Sgm Ea Vrt Sgm|ASSISTANT SURGEON (WHEN QUALIFIED RESIDENT SURGEON NOT AVAILABLE)
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Low
$0
Average
$4.1k
Median
$2.4k
High
$94.7k
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| 1 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | $842 | $665 | $429 | 65% | 570–948 | $41 – $1.4k |
| 2 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX | $391 | $461 | $166 | 36% | 3–30 | $313 – $1.0k |
| 3 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ | $2.8k | $2.9k | $593 | 20% | 3–30 | $2.1k – $4.3k |
| 4 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $638 | $638 | $93 | 14% | — | $546 – $731 |
| 5 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 6 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $6.4k | $5.5k | $2.1k | 38% | — | $2.0k – $7.1k |
| 7 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $2.6k | $2.6k | $599 | 23% | — | $2.0k – $3.2k |
| 8 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $321 | $348 | $52 | 15% | — | $314 – $511 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $697 | $731 | $498 | 68% | — | $199 – $2.8k |
| 10 | Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, WI | $17.6k | $15.5k | $8.3k | 53% | — | $1.6k – $25.7k |
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