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Original text from hospital filings
HB Arthroscopy Knee Removal
Low
$10
Average
$6.1k
Median
$5.6k
High
$33.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $5.9k | $6.8k | $1.7k | 25% | 3–30 | $5.3k – $9.1k |
| 2 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $8.4k | $9.3k | $4.2k | 45% | 3–30 | $4.7k – $14.9k |
| 3 | Marymount Hospital Inc Garfield Heights, OH | $1.6k | $2.2k | $1.5k | 70% | 2–20 | $1.4k – $6.8k |
| 4 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $6.3k | $6.3k | $330 | 5% | 2–20 | $5.9k – $6.6k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $5.6k | $5.6k | $293 | 5% | 2–20 | $5.3k – $5.9k |
| 6 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $5.2k | $5.0k | $595 | 12% | 2–20 | $4.1k – $5.9k |
| 7 | Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital Avon, OH | $1.6k | $2.6k | $1.8k | 71% | 2–20 | $1.6k – $6.8k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $5.6k | $5.6k | $293 | 5% | 2–20 | $5.3k – $5.9k |
| 9 | The William W Backus Hospital NORWICH, CT | $10.5k | $10.5k | $1.5k | 14% | 1–10 | $9.0k – $12.0k |
| 10 | Lafayette General Medical Center Inc Lafayette, LA | $3.0k | $2.4k | $1.5k | 62% | 1–10 | $550 – $6.6k |
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