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
$386
Average
$7.0k
Median
$2.8k
High
$114.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $23.6k | $23.6k | $7.3k | 31% | 31–310 | $6.4k – $35.1k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $24.6k | $24.7k | $10.4k | 42% | 19–190 | $8.2k – $35.1k |
| 3 | FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport, IL | $963 | $1.2k | $831 | 69% | 1–10 | $284 – $2.5k |
| 4 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $779 | $779 | — | — | — | $779 – $779 |
| 5 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $19.7k | $21.4k | $6.2k | 29% | — | $9.7k – $30.3k |
| 6 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX | $6.8k | $7.1k | $1.5k | 21% | — | $4.1k – $10.3k |
| 7 | Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO | $1.5k | $1.5k | $213 | 14% | — | $1.2k – $1.8k |
| 8 | Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Bragg, CA | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 9 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $35k | $37.0k | $10.5k | 28% | — | $18.6k – $50k |
| 10 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX | $6.8k | $7.1k | $1.5k | 21% | — | $4.1k – $10.3k |
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