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 WET MOUNT SALINE/INK
Low
$3
Average
$82
Median
$52
High
$4.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV | $70 | $64 | $9 | 13% | 1,258–1,366 | $4 – $72 |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $34 | $45 | $21 | 46% | 662–671 | $7 – $85 |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $33 | $43 | $20 | 46% | 558–567 | $6 – $80 |
| 4 | St. Charles Redmond Redmond, OR | $27 | $32 | $15 | 45% | 294–510 | $5 – $54 |
| 5 | St. Charles Bend Bend, OR | $27 | $32 | $15 | 45% | 294–510 | $5 – $54 |
| 6 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Albany, IN | $30 | $30 | $12 | 40% | 268 | $3 – $91 |
| 7 | Cumberland County Hospital System Inc Fayetteville, NC | $50 | $42 | $16 | 37% | 257–284 | $6 – $91 |
| 8 | Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center LLC Wilmington, NC | $24 | $27 | $20 | 76% | 191–227 | $6 – $59 |
| 9 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Charlotte, NC | $89 | $94 | $37 | 40% | 168–213 | $5 – $152 |
| 10 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV | $117 | $110 | $27 | 24% | 164–263 | $6 – $134 |
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