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Nuclear medicine study of thyroid function for thyroid cancer
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Low
$0
Average
$672
Median
$312
High
$3.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $85 | $108 | $33 | 31% | — | $85 – $190 |
| 2 | Henry Ford Health Novi, MI | $108 | $92 | $31 | 34% | — | $51 – $155 |
| 3 | Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell, TN | $1.2k | $1.2k | $138 | 11% | — | $1.1k – $1.5k |
| 4 | Valley Health Speciality Hospital Las Vegas, NV | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 5 | Sacred Heart Health System, Inc. Joe, FL | $179 | $179 | — | — | — | $179 – $179 |
| 6 | St. Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County, Inc. Middleburg, FL | $164 | $164 | — | — | — | $164 – $164 |
| 7 | St. Luke's-St. Vincent's Healthcare, Inc. Jacksonville, FL | $164 | $164 | — | — | — | $164 – $164 |
| 8 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | $1.1k | $1.1k | $39 | 4% | — | $1.0k – $1.1k |
| 9 | Fairview Hospital Cleveland, OH | $1 | $1 | $0 | 7% | — | $1 – $1 |
| 10 | Key West HMA LLC Key West, FL | $94 | $158 | $126 | 80% | — | $91 – $409 |
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