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
Arthroscopy Knee Infection Lavage & Drainage
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Low
$0
Average
$4.2k
Median
$3.4k
High
$16.0k
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| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 2 | Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA | $8.7k | $8.7k | $1.7k | 20% | 2–20 | $7.0k – $10.4k |
| 3 | Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile, AL | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $3.1k | $3.3k | $456 | 14% | 1–10 | $3.1k – $5.1k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $3.1k | $3.3k | $456 | 14% | 1–10 | $3.1k – $5.1k |
| 6 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA | $3.3k | $3.4k | $142 | 4% | 1–10 | $3.1k – $3.6k |
| 7 | Northern Itasca Hospital District Bigfork, MN | $2.2k | $2.2k | $1.7k | 76% | — | $525 – $3.9k |
| 8 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $3.2k | $3.6k | $1.1k | 30% | — | $3.1k – $6.5k |
| 9 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 10 | Henry Ford Health Novi, MI | $881 | $845 | $210 | 25% | — | $603 – $1.1k |
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