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
Iron Binding Capacity
Low
$0
Average
$279
Median
$11
High
$18.3k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 301 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 75.8× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $18 | $15 | $3 | 22% | 1,071–1,080 | $9 – $50 |
| 2 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA | $18 | $18 | — | — | 666 | $18 – $81 |
| 3 | Regional Health Services of Howard County Cresco, IA | $18 | $18 | — | — | 416 | $18 – $127 |
| 4 | Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville, IA | $18 | $18 | — | — | 246 | $18 – $113 |
| 5 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD | $16 | $16 | — | — | 244 | $13 – $41 |
| 6 | Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake, IA | $18 | $18 | — | — | 190 | $9 – $77 |
| 7 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $153 | $153 | — | — | 174 | $31 – $153 |
| 8 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital Pierre, SD | $58 | $58 | — | — | 110 | $13 – $194 |
| 9 | Osceola Regional Health Center Sibley, IA | $18 | $18 | — | — | 82 | $16 – $152 |
| 10 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ | $9 | $9 | $0 | 2% | 82 | $8 – $111 |
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