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
ARTHRD PST TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR
Low
$73
Average
$11.9k
Median
$14.2k
High
$50.9k
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Showing only prices reported under the per diem methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 54 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 63.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI | $23.7k | $23.2k | $5.2k | 22% | — | $8.0k – $28.4k |
| 2 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center SPRING HILL, TN | $5.1k | $4.5k | $1.3k | 28% | — | $2.2k – $44.2k |
| 3 | Tristar Summit Medical Center MT JULIET, TN | $5.3k | $4.6k | $1.3k | 29% | — | $2.0k – $44.2k |
| 4 | Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City, TN | $3.4k | $3.3k | $419 | 13% | — | $2.2k – $44.2k |
| 5 | Tristar Horizon Medical Center DICKSON, TN | $5.5k | $4.7k | $1.4k | 30% | — | $2.1k – $44.2k |
| 6 | Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center HENDERSONVILLE, TN | $5.8k | $4.9k | $1.6k | 32% | — | $2.2k – $44.2k |
| 7 | Tristar Skyline Medical Center NASHVILLE, TN | $5.0k | $4.3k | $1.2k | 27% | — | $2.2k – $44.2k |
| 8 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center ANTIOCH, TN | $5.9k | $5.0k | $1.6k | 33% | — | $2.2k – $44.2k |
| 9 | Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna, TN | $4.8k | $4.2k | $1.1k | 26% | — | $2.2k – $44.2k |
| 10 | Methodist Hospital Atascosa Jourdanton, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
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