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Low
$1
Average
$6.5k
Median
$5.8k
High
$35.1k
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| 1 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | $781 | $1.4k | $1.7k | 115% | 1,993–2,605 | $184 – $14.6k |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $7.3k | $7.1k | $1.6k | 22% | 54 | $1.2k – $9.4k |
| 3 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $989 | $2.4k | $3.3k | 136% | 10–100 | $90 – $19.0k |
| 4 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $6.3k | $6.3k | $1.5k | 24% | 4–40 | $3.7k – $9.5k |
| 5 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $3.7k | $3.3k | $1.9k | 57% | 3–30 | $1.2k – $7.1k |
| 6 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $5.3k | $5.0k | $2.9k | 58% | 2–20 | $448 – $11.1k |
| 7 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA | $5.6k | $7.3k | $6.9k | 94% | 2–20 | $1 – $34.1k |
| 8 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $5.3k | $4.4k | $1.9k | 44% | 2–20 | $898 – $10.0k |
| 9 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $4.5k | $5.3k | $4.9k | 93% | 2–20 | $856 – $25.6k |
| 10 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $5.3k | $4.4k | $1.9k | 44% | 2–20 | $898 – $10.0k |
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