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
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Low
$0
Average
$30
Median
$12
High
$312
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY | $19 | $19 | $2 | 8% | 33–96 | $15 – $19 |
| 2 | Corning Hospital Corning, NY | $6 | $17 | $29 | 173% | 14–140 | $6 – $105 |
| 3 | Oneida Health ONEIDA, NY | $11 | $24 | $33 | 135% | 12–120 | $6 – $120 |
| 4 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY | $19 | $19 | $2 | 8% | 12–120 | $15 – $19 |
| 5 | Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland, NY | $73 | $73 | $4 | 5% | 8–80 | $70 – $77 |
| 6 | Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc. St. Johnsbury, VT | $42 | $43 | $29 | 66% | 6–60 | $9 – $88 |
| 7 | Parkland Health Dallas, TX | $5 | $11 | $8 | 72% | 6–60 | $5 – $26 |
| 8 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN | $47 | $54 | $38 | 69% | 4–40 | $13 – $195 |
| 9 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN | $47 | $54 | $38 | 69% | 4–40 | $13 – $195 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $104 | $104 | — | — | 3–30 | $104 – $104 |
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