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
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Based on 1,734–9,114 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$54
Average
$1.3k
Median
$930
High
$100.9k
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| 1 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $1.7k | $2.8k | $2.7k | 96% | 136–172 | $147 – $9.1k |
| 2 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $182 | $386 | $503 | 130% | 132–186 | $44 – $2.2k |
| 3 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA | $966 | $1.2k | $1.1k | 90% | 126–234 | $119 – $5.1k |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $1.4k | $1.7k | $1.5k | 86% | 96–168 | $332 – $5.7k |
| 5 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $1.4k | $1.7k | $1.5k | 86% | 96–168 | $332 – $5.7k |
| 6 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $744 | $801 | $480 | 60% | 60–141 | $280 – $1.7k |
| 7 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $1.6k | $2.9k | $2.8k | 98% | 48–84 | $325 – $9.2k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $1.3k | $1.1k | $470 | 42% | 42–114 | $55 – $1.8k |
| 9 | Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY | $749 | $1.6k | $1.4k | 90% | 41–104 | $114 – $4.2k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $3.6k | $3.2k | $2.9k | 89% | 32–77 | $337 – $9.1k |
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