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Original text from hospital filings
HB Arthroscopy Knee Diagnostic W/WO Synovial Bx Spx
Based on 243–1,944 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$188
Average
$4.8k
Median
$4.2k
High
$62.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $40.7k | $33.3k | $22.9k | 69% | 60–600 | $1.6k – $123.7k |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $3.4k | $3.3k | $669 | 20% | 54 | $1.2k – $4.4k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $56.4k | $62.5k | $39.5k | 63% | 52–520 | $4.0k – $123.7k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $12.0k | $14.5k | $8.6k | 60% | 30–300 | $2.6k – $34.0k |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $3.2k | $3.4k | $2.7k | 80% | 7–70 | $245 – $11.4k |
| 6 | Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA | $5.5k | $6.6k | $3.0k | 45% | 6–60 | $3.1k – $13.3k |
| 7 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $588 | $1.3k | $1.3k | 98% | 4–40 | $338 – $6.5k |
| 8 | Oregon Health & Science University PORTLAND, OR | $2.8k | $5.3k | $3.5k | 66% | 3–30 | $2.8k – $10.2k |
| 9 | St Marys Hospital Medical Center Of Green Bay Inc Hospital Sisters GREEN BAY, WI | $5.9k | $5.9k | $2.7k | 46% | 2–20 | $3.2k – $8.6k |
| 10 | Saint Joseph Health System, Inc Lexington, KY | $3.2k | $3.5k | $916 | 26% | 2–20 | $2.7k – $6.4k |
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