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
HB Arthroscopy Knee Abrasion
Low
$0
Average
$5.7k
Median
$4.1k
High
$59.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $4.2k | $5.0k | $1.3k | 25% | 150 | $4.2k – $7.0k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 54 | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | 39 | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 4 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV | $3.3k | $5.1k | $4.5k | 87% | 28–37 | $206 – $15.8k |
| 5 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | 24 | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $9.1k | $7.9k | $1.9k | 24% | 10–100 | $5.0k – $9.1k |
| 7 | Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA | $8.6k | $9.1k | $2.6k | 29% | 10–100 | $5.5k – $13.3k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $12.5k | $12.5k | — | — | 5–50 | $12.5k – $12.5k |
| 9 | Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA | $8.5k | $8.9k | $2.7k | 31% | 4–40 | $5.5k – $13.1k |
| 10 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 4–40 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
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