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
facility
Low
$64
Average
$2.8k
Median
$3.0k
High
$10k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $3.2k | $3.4k | $954 | 28% | 20–47 | $2.4k – $4.7k |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $2.2k | $2.2k | $794 | 35% | 13–22 | $1.4k – $3.0k |
| 3 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $2.2k | $2.2k | $794 | 35% | 13–22 | $1.4k – $3.0k |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $3.6k | $4.0k | $1.3k | 34% | 4–40 | $2.7k – $6.2k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $3.6k | $4.0k | $1.3k | 34% | 4–40 | $2.7k – $6.2k |
| 6 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 7 | Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp MEMPHIS, TN | $5.7k | $5.6k | $283 | 5% | 1–10 | $5.1k – $5.9k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Vista, AR | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 9 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 10 | Methodist Hospital Hill Country Fredericksburg, TX | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
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