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
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Low
$1
Average
$2.3k
Median
$1.5k
High
$39.6k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 1260 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 18.9× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $319 | $275 | $82 | 30% | 51–87 | $111 – $391 |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 24 | $497 – $2.3k |
| 3 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $570 | $1.2k | $929 | 76% | 15 | $233 – $3.0k |
| 4 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital Pierre, SD | $321 | $321 | — | — | 15 | $321 – $862 |
| 5 | Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY | $1.6k | $1.6k | $1.0k | 62% | 6–60 | $181 – $4.0k |
| 6 | Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL | $1.1k | $1.1k | $105 | 9% | 4–40 | $225 – $1.3k |
| 7 | Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer, IA | $221 | $225 | $19 | 8% | 4–40 | $197 – $2.5k |
| 8 | Avera Heart Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $1.5k | $1.1k | $605 | 57% | 3–30 | $209 – $2.1k |
| 9 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $2.2k | $2.2k | $713 | 32% | 3–30 | $254 – $3.0k |
| 10 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $259 | $485 | $397 | 82% | 3–30 | $100 – $1.2k |
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