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
$73
Average
$4.2k
Median
$3.0k
High
$20.2k
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Reflects a negotiated per diem rate paid per day of care.
Showing only prices reported under the per diem methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 123 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 26.4× 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $218 | $218 | $11 | 5% | 78 | $207 – $229 |
| 2 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $232 | $232 | $12 | 5% | 38 | $220 – $244 |
| 3 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 12–120 | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $215 | $215 | $31 | 14% | 2–20 | $184 – $245 |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $232 | $232 | $12 | 5% | 2–20 | $220 – $244 |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $215 | $215 | $31 | 14% | 2–20 | $184 – $245 |
| 7 | Saint Luke’s South Hospital, Inc Overland Park, KS | $3.1k | $3.1k | $201 | 6% | 2–20 | $2.8k – $3.3k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $912 | $912 | — | — | 1–10 | $912 – $912 |
| 9 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $912 | $912 | — | — | 1–10 | $912 – $912 |
| 10 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
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