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Original text from hospital filings
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Low
$1
Average
$4.3k
Median
$3.6k
High
$31.4k
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1500 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 9.9× 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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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $10.0k | $12.7k | $5.1k | 41% | 132 | $8.1k – $19.9k |
| 2 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL case rate · outpatient | 2 | $3.8k | $3.8k | $199 | 5% | 70 | $3.6k – $4.0k |
| 3 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 4 | $772 | $555 | $292 | 53% | 70–79 | $198 – $804 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL case rate · outpatient | 2 | $5.7k | $5.7k | $299 | 5% | 64 | $5.4k – $6.0k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $20.3k | $20.3k | — | — | 35 | $20.3k – $20.3k |
| 6 | ONEIDA HEALTH ONEIDA, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | 29 | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL case rate · outpatient | 2 | $3.8k | $3.8k | $199 | 5% | 28 | $3.6k – $4.0k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $3.3k | $3.6k | $506 | 14% | 22 | $3.3k – $4.3k |
| 9 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $3.3k | $3.6k | $506 | 14% | 22 | $3.3k – $4.3k |
| 10 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $11.2k | $11.2k | — | — | 19 | $11.2k – $11.2k |
| 11 | Renown Regional Medical Center Reno, NV facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | 18 | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 12 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | 17 | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 13 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $22.4k | $22.4k | — | — | 14 | $22.4k – $22.4k |
| 14 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 12 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 15 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 12 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 16 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.9k | $5.9k | — | — | 12 | $5.9k – $5.9k |
| 17 | Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc. Bloomington, IN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $16.1k | $16.1k | — | — | 11 | $16.1k – $16.1k |
| 18 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP TN 38301; 7691 POPLAR AVE. MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $3.8k | $5.1k | $3.2k | 63% | 5–50 | $1.5k – $9.4k |
| 19 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $4.8k | $4.6k | $432 | 9% | 3–30 | $4.0k – $5.2k |
| 20 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $13.4k | $15.0k | $4.8k | 32% | 3–30 | $10.1k – $21.5k |
| 21 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Webster, TX fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $1.1k | $3.7k | $3.7k | 100% | 3–30 | $1.1k – $9.0k |
| 22 | Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $9.5k | $9.5k | $1.8k | 19% | 2–20 | $7.7k – $11.3k |
| 23 | EAST BATON ROUGE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC Baton Rouge, LA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $5.4k | $4.1k | $2.4k | 58% | 2–20 | $774 – $6.1k |
| 24 | Mount Graham Regional Medical Center Safford, AZ percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $561 | $561 | — | — | 2–20 | $561 – $561 |
| 25 | Mount Graham Regional Medical Center Safford, AZ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.6k – $2.6k |
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