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
HC ER I&D ABSCESS PERITONSILLAR
Low
$68
Average
$1.2k
Median
$590
High
$37.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $212 | $281 | $145 | 52% | 30–300 | $104 – $575 |
| 2 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $520 | $502 | $129 | 26% | 21–210 | $186 – $722 |
| 3 | Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY | $237 | $464 | $447 | 96% | 17–170 | $66 – $1.2k |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $200 | $265 | $137 | 52% | 16–160 | $99 – $545 |
| 5 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $503 | $466 | $226 | 48% | 14–140 | $31 – $896 |
| 6 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Monroe, NC | $390 | $392 | $195 | 50% | 10–100 | $97 – $710 |
| 7 | High Point Regional Health High Point, NC | $264 | $287 | $157 | 55% | 10–100 | $96 – $627 |
| 8 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN | $642 | $566 | $229 | 40% | 8–80 | $27 – $808 |
| 9 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $719 | $624 | $293 | 47% | 8–80 | $111 – $982 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $646 | $560 | $242 | 43% | 7–70 | $29 – $808 |
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