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
Smear Primary Source Cell Type
Low
$0
Average
$326
Median
$7
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. 300 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 149.1× 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 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $107 | $90 | $23 | 26% | 323 | $4 – $107 |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $150 | $150 | — | — | 127 | $15 – $150 |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $5 | $23 | $31 | 137% | 81 | $4 – $76 |
| 4 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA | $53 | $53 | — | — | 80 | $34 – $53 |
| 5 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD | $17 | $17 | — | — | 29 | $6 – $112 |
| 6 | Avera Queen of Peace Mitchell, SD | $21 | $21 | — | — | 12 | $6 – $113 |
| 7 | Avera Specialty Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $107 | $107 | — | — | 6–60 | $4 – $107 |
| 8 | Avera Behavioral Health Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $107 | $107 | — | — | 6–60 | $4 – $107 |
| 9 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $1.0k | $1.0k | $129 | 13% | 5–50 | $839 – $1.2k |
| 10 | Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp GERMANTOWN, TN | $2.7k | $2.8k | $358 | 13% | 4–40 | $2 – $3.5k |
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