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
DRAINAGE OF ABSCESS OF LOWER JAW FROM INSIDE OF MOUTH
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Low
$23
Average
$1.4k
Median
$894
High
$24.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY | $871 | $2.9k | $3.0k | 102% | 2–20 | $131 – $12.3k |
| 2 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX | $261 | $1.3k | $1.8k | 141% | 1–10 | $62 – $7.7k |
| 3 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $549 | $549 | — | — | 1–10 | $549 – $549 |
| 4 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $691 | $958 | $975 | 102% | — | $204 – $4.1k |
| 5 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA | $1.4k | $1.8k | $949 | 52% | — | $938 – $3.1k |
| 6 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $2.9k | $3.0k | $462 | 15% | — | $2.0k – $3.6k |
| 7 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $1.1k | $1.4k | $906 | 63% | — | $578 – $3.2k |
| 8 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $183 | $256 | $97 | 38% | — | $179 – $448 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $439 | $413 | $323 | 78% | — | $29 – $1.4k |
| 10 | Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, WI | $1.8k | $1.9k | $474 | 25% | — | $1.2k – $3.5k |
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