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 Ins Cath Abd/L-Ext Art 2nd
Low
$1
Average
$3.3k
Median
$2.1k
High
$714.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $5.0k | $12.5k | $14.4k | 116% | 2,451 | $388 – $45.4k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $4.2k | $15.0k | $18.1k | 121% | 1,939 | $442 – $62.5k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $3.8k | $15.9k | $18.2k | 114% | 528 | $504 – $49.8k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $5.3k | $9.4k | $8.9k | 94% | 325 | $819 – $32.8k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $6.8k | $16.3k | $18.3k | 112% | 276 | $705 – $56.4k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $5.7k | $18.4k | $18.7k | 102% | 31–310 | $345 – $52.5k |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $5.0k | $11.0k | $10.3k | 93% | 29–290 | $837 – $33.7k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $2.9k | $2.7k | $1.1k | 42% | 16–160 | $657 – $26.9k |
| 9 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, CA | $2.2k | $3.1k | $1.5k | 50% | 16–34 | $1.8k – $5.2k |
| 10 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa SAN DIEGO, CA | $2.2k | $3.1k | $1.5k | 50% | 15–33 | $1.8k – $5.2k |
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