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
Cntrst Njx Assmt Absc/Cst via Drg Cath/Tube Spx
Low
$1
Average
$2.9k
Median
$2.2k
High
$19.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $8.5k | $8.3k | $1.8k | 22% | 415–442 | $5.1k – $10.3k |
| 2 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $440 | $516 | $108 | 21% | 103–112 | $440 – $669 |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $731 | $731 | $39 | 5% | 102 | $692 – $770 |
| 4 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL | $6.4k | $6.3k | $142 | 2% | 58–76 | $5.7k – $6.4k |
| 5 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 6 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS | $2.3k | $2.3k | $107 | 5% | 42–222 | $2.1k – $2.3k |
| 7 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $5.7k | $6.0k | $1.2k | 20% | 27–81 | $3.8k – $8.2k |
| 8 | St Vincent Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Green Bay, WI | $2.0k | $2.3k | $761 | 33% | 18–180 | $1.9k – $4.0k |
| 9 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ | $10.4k | $9.7k | $4.6k | 47% | 17–71 | $2.7k – $16.4k |
| 10 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ | $10.4k | $9.7k | $4.6k | 47% | 17–71 | $2.7k – $16.4k |
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