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 Arthro/Surg Shld Decompress
Low
$1
Average
$8.9k
Median
$3.2k
High
$118.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $81.2k | $82.0k | $24.7k | 30% | 2,666 | $22.1k – $120.8k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $38.8k | $43.8k | $25.0k | 57% | 2,631 | $2.3k – $77.5k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $40.3k | $40.5k | $22.1k | 54% | 2,508 | $6.8k – $67.2k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $38.8k | $42.3k | $23.6k | 56% | 1,927 | $5.3k – $77.5k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $48.0k | $41.9k | $22.8k | 54% | 1,491 | $12.5k – $75.2k |
| 6 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $27.6k | $30.7k | $13.6k | 44% | 1,440 | $11.8k – $61.3k |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $47.1k | $42.2k | $20.9k | 49% | 988 | $2.7k – $74.7k |
| 8 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Ontario ONTARIO, CA | $3.1k | $4.4k | $2.2k | 50% | 451 | $2.6k – $7.5k |
| 9 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA | $3.1k | $4.4k | $2.2k | 50% | 137 | $2.6k – $7.5k |
| 10 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno FRESNO, CA | $2.8k | $4.5k | $2.5k | 55% | 90–99 | $2.7k – $7.9k |
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