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Original text from hospital filings
KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY
Low
$9
Average
$6.0k
Median
$4.4k
High
$47.3k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | HH HEALTH SYSTEM DEKALB REGIONAL Payne, AL fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | 96 | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $13.0k | $20.5k | $14.1k | 69% | 17–170 | $2.8k – $41.1k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $40.1k | $47.3k | $14.1k | 30% | 9–90 | $36.1k – $67.1k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $26.9k | $31.1k | $14.0k | 45% | 8–80 | $21.9k – $67.1k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $33.9k | $34.1k | $16.0k | 47% | 8–80 | $12.6k – $66.7k |
| 6 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $7.3k | $12.5k | $11.8k | 94% | 8–80 | $4.2k – $42.4k |
| 7 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | 4–40 | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL other · outpatient | 4 | $14.9k | $13.2k | $2.9k | 22% | 4–40 | $8.1k – $14.9k |
| 9 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.0k | $5.0k | $1.4k | 28% | 2–20 | $3.6k – $6.4k |
| 10 | HH HEALTH SYSTEM DEKALB REGIONAL Payne, AL case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 11 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO fee schedule · both | 4 | $10.5k | $8.9k | $3.1k | 35% | 2–20 | $3.5k – $10.9k |
| 12 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $8.1k | $8.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $8.1k – $8.1k |
| 13 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | 2–20 | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 14 | The Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 15 | The Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | 2–20 | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 16 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $3.7k | $4.3k | $2.3k | 54% | 1–10 | $2.2k – $8.7k |
| 17 | Betsy Johnson Hospital Dunn, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 18 | Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 19 | Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $737 | $737 | — | — | 1–10 | $737 – $737 |
| 20 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $21.6k | $22.7k | $4.6k | 20% | 1–10 | $18.6k – $33.8k |
| 21 | MARINERS HOSPITAL TAVERNIER, FL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $13.7k | $13.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $13.7k – $13.7k |
| 22 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 23 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 24 | Saline Memorial Hospital Benton, AR fee schedule · both | 4 | $3.5k | $3.4k | $153 | 5% | 1–10 | $3.1k – $3.5k |
| 25 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $5.4k | $5.4k | $109 | 2% | 1–10 | $5.2k – $5.5k |
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