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HB Arthroscopy Knee Abrasion
Low
$7
Average
$6.1k
Median
$4.4k
High
$101.5k
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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 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $13.7k | $15.8k | $7.1k | 45% | 144 | $11.1k – $34.1k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $36.0k | $39.5k | $7.9k | 20% | 135 | $34.1k – $61.0k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $34.7k | $42.3k | $14.3k | 34% | 130 | $32.8k – $67.0k |
| 4 | HH HEALTH SYSTEM DEKALB REGIONAL Payne, AL fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $2.6k | $2.6k | $1.5k | 56% | 123–150 | $1.2k – $4.1k |
| 5 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $6.6k | $11.4k | $10.5k | 93% | 96 | $4.2k – $38.1k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $5.6k | $5.6k | $1.4k | 25% | 30 | $4.2k – $7.0k |
| 7 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 18 | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $34.4k | $53.7k | $38.5k | 72% | 17–170 | $4.0k – $109.1k |
| 9 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | 12 | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $20.8k | $19.6k | $11.6k | 59% | 8–80 | $2.7k – $40.8k |
| 11 | BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL Delray Beach, FL case rate · outpatient | 4 | $9.5k | $9.4k | $793 | 8% | 4–40 | $8.2k – $10.4k |
| 12 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 4–40 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 13 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL other · outpatient | 4 | $9.1k | $8.1k | $1.8k | 22% | 4–40 | $5.0k – $9.1k |
| 14 | HH HEALTH SYSTEM DEKALB REGIONAL Payne, AL case rate · outpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 3–30 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 15 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $5.0k | $5.0k | $349 | 7% | 3–30 | $4.6k – $5.5k |
| 16 | Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 17 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $12.5k | $12.5k | — | — | 2–20 | $12.5k – $12.5k |
| 18 | Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center LLC Charlotte, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 19 | Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc. Glen Dale, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $11.2k | $11.2k | $34 | 0% | 2–20 | $11.1k – $11.2k |
| 20 | Brunswick Community Hospital, LLC Bolivia, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $925 | $925 | — | — | 1–10 | $925 – $925 |
| 21 | DIGNITY HEALTH Camarillo, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 22 | Medical Park Hospital LLC Winston-Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $768 | $768 | — | — | 1–10 | $768 – $768 |
| 23 | Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center, LLC Thomasville, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $831 | $831 | — | — | 1–10 | $831 – $831 |
| 24 | ONEIDA HEALTH ONEIDA, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $10.4k | $10.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $10.4k – $10.4k |
| 25 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc. Watertown, SD fee schedule · both | 21 | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.8k – $4.8k |
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