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
Culture Mrsa Screen
Low
$0
Average
$332
Median
$10
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. 289 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 118.5× 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 | ||||||
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| 1 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA | $38 | $38 | — | — | 416 | $38 – $84 |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $233 | $233 | — | — | 150 | $24 – $320 |
| 3 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD | $10 | $10 | — | — | 78 | $10 – $201 |
| 4 | Regional Health Services of Howard County Cresco, IA | $37 | $37 | — | — | 66 | $37 – $188 |
| 5 | Avera Queen of Peace Mitchell, SD | $41 | $41 | — | — | 56 | $10 – $211 |
| 6 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $37 | $27 | $15 | 55% | 50–122 | $6 – $156 |
| 7 | Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake, IA | $95 | $95 | — | — | 38 | $7 – $116 |
| 8 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital Pierre, SD | $37 | $37 | — | — | 19 | $10 – $39 |
| 9 | Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville, IA | $88 | $88 | — | — | 2–20 | $11 – $88 |
| 10 | Osceola Regional Health Center Sibley, IA | $38 | $38 | — | — | 2–20 | $8 – $76 |
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