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
Exploratory Laparotomy Celiotomy W/WO Biopsy Spx
Low
$0
Average
$3.4k
Median
$1.8k
High
$35k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | 5–50 | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $14.1k | $14.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $14.1k – $14.1k |
| 4 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $1.6k | $1.6k | $161 | 10% | — | $1.5k – $1.9k |
| 5 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $697 | $778 | $230 | 30% | — | $683 – $1.4k |
| 6 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $718 | $718 | — | — | — | $718 – $718 |
| 7 | Henry Ford Health Novi, MI | $918 | $972 | $77 | 8% | — | $918 – $1.1k |
| 8 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $1.0k | $1.6k | $2.0k | 122% | — | $615 – $12k |
| 9 | Spohn Hospital Beeville Beeville, TX | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 10 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Atlanta, GA | $1.0k | $1.8k | $2.3k | 128% | — | $615 – $12k |
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