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
REMOVAL OF HYDROCELE
Low
$10
Average
$5.4k
Median
$4.7k
High
$36.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation Orleans, LA | $3.2k | $3.6k | $3.5k | 96% | 1–10 | $550 – $12.5k |
| 2 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 3 | St Nicholas Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis SHEBOYGAN, WI | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 4 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $5.5k | $6.2k | $3.5k | 57% | — | $2.0k – $16.1k |
| 5 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $368 | $500 | $294 | 59% | — | $360 – $1.3k |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $3.9k | $3.7k | $1.2k | 32% | — | $1.4k – $5.3k |
| 7 | Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, WI | $9.8k | $9.3k | $1.5k | 16% | — | $5.7k – $11.7k |
| 8 | Hca Florida West Hospital PENSACOLA, FL | $13.1k | $18.0k | $13.7k | 76% | — | $1.9k – $40.7k |
| 9 | Mayo Regional Hospital Dover Foxcroft, ME | $423 | $5.2k | $7.7k | 146% | — | $423 – $18.7k |
| 10 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $3.4k | $5.1k | $2.0k | 40% | — | $3.3k – $10.0k |
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