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
$193
Average
$8.4k
Median
$3.2k
High
$74.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $33.2k | $35.7k | $20.9k | 59% | 1,787–1,805 | $2.3k – $73.0k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $41.0k | $41.2k | $12.6k | 30% | 465 | $11.2k – $61.0k |
| 3 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $15.3k | $17.1k | $7.6k | 44% | 432 | $6.6k – $34.1k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $22.9k | $23.0k | $12.5k | 54% | 396 | $4.2k – $38.1k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $54.6k | $59.8k | $33.5k | 56% | 47–470 | $4.0k – $109.1k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $46.1k | $41.5k | $20.4k | 49% | 26–260 | $2.7k – $73.0k |
| 7 | Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ | $13.2k | $13.2k | — | — | 6–60 | $13.2k – $13.2k |
| 8 | Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center LLC Charlotte, NC | $4.7k | $4.2k | $2.2k | 52% | 4–40 | $1.1k – $6.2k |
| 9 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA | $4.8k | $4.5k | $1.4k | 31% | 4–40 | $2.4k – $6.0k |
| 10 | Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC | $2.3k | $2.5k | $234 | 9% | 3–30 | $2.3k – $2.8k |
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