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 Cath Exchange Central Tunneled
Low
$0
Average
$3.9k
Median
$3.4k
High
$20.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $1.9k | $1.7k | $359 | 21% | 233–260 | $1.0k – $1.9k |
| 2 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 95 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 3 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $3.7k | $3.4k | $579 | 17% | 49–76 | $2.4k – $3.7k |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $3.1k | $2.8k | $914 | 33% | 48–120 | $1.5k – $6.0k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $3.1k | $2.8k | $914 | 33% | 48–120 | $1.5k – $6.0k |
| 6 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE, IN | $9.8k | $8.7k | $3.7k | 43% | 44–53 | $3.3k – $12.4k |
| 7 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $3.7k | $3.6k | $587 | 16% | 40–112 | $2.4k – $4.7k |
| 8 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 39 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 9 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | 35–116 | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 10 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA | $3.7k | $4.5k | $1.7k | 39% | 32–50 | $3.6k – $9.0k |
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