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 DIFF AUTOMATED
Based on 451–1,639 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$4
Average
$24
Median
$12
High
$1.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $84 | $82 | $17 | 21% | 160 | $26 – $109 |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority Madison, WI | $44 | $37 | $23 | 62% | 37–109 | $6 – $72 |
| 3 | Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Health System Omaha, NE | $26 | $42 | $39 | 93% | 30 | $6 – $128 |
| 4 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $10 | $34 | $32 | 94% | 26–89 | $6 – $88 |
| 5 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, SD | $131 | $122 | $32 | 26% | 26–44 | $25 – $148 |
| 6 | Pella Regional Health Center Pella, IA | $16 | $21 | $19 | 90% | 24–42 | $6 – $75 |
| 7 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital Pierre, SD | $30 | $29 | $9 | 32% | 22 | $10 – $36 |
| 8 | Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Health System Council Bluffs, IA | $27 | $43 | $39 | 92% | 14–23 | $6 – $128 |
| 9 | Hshs Holy Family Hospital Inc GREENVILLE, IL | $53 | $41 | $30 | 73% | 9–90 | $4 – $75 |
| 10 | University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Albuquerque, NM | $6 | $9 | $4 | 44% | 7–70 | $5 – $22 |
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