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
HC ASSAY OTHER FLUID CHLORIDES
Low
$1
Average
$2.8k
Median
$49
High
$3364.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC | $41 | $42 | $16 | 37% | 128–173 | $16 – $67 |
| 2 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $254 | $277 | $41 | 15% | 75–111 | $239 – $362 |
| 3 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $254 | $277 | $41 | 15% | 75–102 | $239 – $362 |
| 4 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $87 | $83 | $40 | 48% | 71–386 | $4 – $173 |
| 5 | Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE | $192 | $226 | $225 | 99% | 67–265 | $8 – $719 |
| 6 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR | $65 | $61 | $12 | 20% | 67–211 | $7 – $67 |
| 7 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $52 | $70 | $32 | 45% | 43–178 | $29 – $130 |
| 8 | Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus, IN | $27 | $28 | $1 | 5% | 43–61 | $27 – $31 |
| 9 | St Anthonys Memorial Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Mattoon, IL | $52 | $46 | $9 | 21% | 36–63 | $15 – $52 |
| 10 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO | $160 | $151 | $22 | 15% | 27–171 | $104 – $183 |
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