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.
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Low
$1
Average
$931
Median
$550
High
$8.2k
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| 1 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $237 | $226 | $19 | 8% | 834–861 | $193 – $237 |
| 2 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $281 | $333 | $219 | 66% | 550–649 | $231 – $967 |
| 3 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $256 | $757 | $996 | 132% | 451–523 | $124 – $3.8k |
| 4 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $486 | $552 | $435 | 79% | 299–371 | $215 – $1.9k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $227 | $239 | $33 | 14% | 183–228 | $227 – $374 |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $227 | $239 | $33 | 14% | 183–228 | $227 – $374 |
| 7 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $459 | $667 | $477 | 72% | 168–240 | $237 – $1.5k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $221 | $246 | $62 | 25% | 150–195 | $209 – $496 |
| 9 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN | $267 | $462 | $296 | 64% | 135–216 | $187 – $1.1k |
| 10 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $281 | $309 | $144 | 47% | 127–226 | $226 – $698 |
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