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Original text from hospital filings
87086 BACTERIAL COLONY COUNT
Low
$0
Average
$70
Median
$14
High
$8.5k
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $8 | $14 | $6 | 43% | 7,313 | $7 – $125 |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $8 | $10 | $4 | 45% | 7,119–7,128 | $8 – $41 |
| 3 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $10 | $12 | $9 | 70% | 4,436 | $8 – $74 |
| 4 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center GRENADA, MS | $8 | $12 | $5 | 42% | 3,597–3,624 | $7 – $50 |
| 5 | The Toledo Hospital Toledo, OH | $19 | $78 | $95 | 121% | 2,448–2,457 | $4 – $223 |
| 6 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hazard, KY | $8 | $8 | — | — | 2,433 | $7 – $191 |
| 7 | Parkland Health Dallas, TX | $7 | $14 | $10 | 74% | 2,205–2,250 | $7 – $205 |
| 8 | Samaritan Medical Center Watertown, NY | $8 | $24 | $31 | 126% | 2,140–2,221 | $8 – $109 |
| 9 | St Josephs Community Hospital of West Bend Inc West Bend, WI | $8 | $8 | $2 | 21% | 2,061–2,169 | $4 – $101 |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $10 | $21 | $29 | 141% | 2,028–2,064 | $2 – $275 |
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