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72040 X-RAY OF UPPER SPINE
Based on 57,723–113,460 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$10
Average
$761
Median
$179
High
$951.0k
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $151 | $136 | $48 | 35% | 2,450–2,486 | $69 – $207 |
| 2 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $218 | $358 | $301 | 84% | 1,442–1,505 | $35 – $780 |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $153 | $213 | $171 | 80% | 1,363–1,372 | $6 – $454 |
| 4 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $89 | $158 | $131 | 83% | 1,064–1,109 | $59 – $399 |
| 5 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $46 | $68 | $69 | 101% | 962–1,061 | $10 – $310 |
| 6 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $149 | $185 | $104 | 56% | 935–1,025 | $34 – $410 |
| 7 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $135 | $172 | $96 | 56% | 871–907 | $85 – $389 |
| 8 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $86 | $179 | $186 | 104% | 844–952 | $33 – $556 |
| 9 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $86 | $179 | $186 | 104% | 844–952 | $33 – $556 |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $1.2k | $1.2k | $881 | 71% | 694 | $124 – $3.1k |
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