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
REPAIR LUMBAR HERNIA
Low
$327
Average
$6.1k
Median
$5.8k
High
$33.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 2 | Oregon Health & Science University PORTLAND, OR | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 3 | St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital, Inc Shawnee, OK | $5.9k | $6.0k | $3.1k | 52% | — | $1.0k – $11.3k |
| 4 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA | $8.9k | $9.2k | $2.1k | 23% | — | $6.9k – $12.0k |
| 5 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $5.7k | $4.9k | $2.7k | 55% | — | $1.3k – $7.9k |
| 6 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $4.3k | $4.4k | $185 | 4% | — | $4.3k – $4.7k |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $2.3k | $3.6k | $3.3k | 93% | — | $442 – $13.3k |
| 8 | Hca Florida West Hospital PENSACOLA, FL | $13.2k | $13.4k | $8.3k | 62% | — | $5.0k – $22.3k |
| 9 | Mayo Regional Hospital Dover Foxcroft, ME | $612 | $759 | $585 | 77% | — | $98 – $2.2k |
| 10 | Corewell Health Ludington Hospital Ludington, MI | $6.3k | $7.7k | $2.2k | 29% | — | $6.0k – $10.8k |
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