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 Lateral Release
Low
$158
Average
$8.1k
Median
$3.3k
High
$78.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $46.5k | $49.2k | $27.4k | 56% | 68–680 | $2.3k – $87.3k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $20.6k | $22.4k | $12.5k | 56% | 47–470 | $2.8k – $41.1k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $25.5k | $25.4k | $14.0k | 55% | 33–330 | $4.2k – $42.4k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $75.4k | $68.3k | $32.2k | 47% | 26–260 | $12.6k – $119.3k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $30.2k | $33.7k | $14.9k | 44% | 24–240 | $13.0k – $67.1k |
| 6 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO | $2.6k | $3.8k | $2.3k | 61% | 10–100 | $2.1k – $8.1k |
| 7 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA | $4.8k | $5.0k | $2.5k | 49% | 5–50 | $2.4k – $9.5k |
| 8 | Dignity Health Mt Shasta, CA | $13.6k | $13.6k | — | — | 4–40 | $13.6k – $13.6k |
| 9 | Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR | $0 | $1.1k | $1.9k | 173% | 4–40 | $0 – $4.5k |
| 10 | Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hopkinsville, KY | $848 | $840 | $79 | 9% | 3–30 | $752 – $951 |
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