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
Macroscopic exam parasite
Low
$1
Average
$16
Median
$7
High
$1.6k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO | $4 | $7 | $6 | 74% | 2–20 | $4 – $18 |
| 2 | Dignity Community Care San Luis Obispo, CA | $5 | $9 | $8 | 87% | 2–20 | $3 – $45 |
| 3 | Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Health System Omaha, NE | $17 | $27 | $26 | 93% | 2–20 | $4 – $84 |
| 4 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $6 | $6 | $2 | 32% | 1–10 | $4 – $8 |
| 5 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $9 | $10 | $3 | 30% | 1–10 | $4 – $14 |
| 6 | Saint Luke’s of Allen County Iola, KS | $9 | $12 | $8 | 65% | 1–10 | $4 – $23 |
| 7 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $5 | $11 | $38 | 344% | 1–10 | $4 – $322 |
| 8 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $7 | $7 | $2 | 27% | 1–10 | $4 – $9 |
| 9 | Parkland Health Center Farmington, MO | $7 | $6 | $1 | 22% | 1–10 | $4 – $8 |
| 10 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $7 | $340 | $523 | 154% | 1–10 | $5 – $1.2k |
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