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87491 DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
Based on 178,716–244,965 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$5
Average
$1.4k
Median
$80
High
$3081.0k
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $70 | $74 | $39 | 52% | 12,265–12,292 | $33 – $151 |
| 2 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $81 | $74 | $23 | 31% | 7,084–7,156 | $35 – $108 |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $87 | $82 | $19 | 23% | 6,646–6,709 | $29 – $116 |
| 4 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $218 | $195 | $57 | 29% | 6,002–6,074 | $94 – $289 |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $89 | $107 | $83 | 78% | 5,618–6,158 | $8 – $322 |
| 6 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $213 | $201 | $58 | 29% | 5,163–5,253 | $94 – $289 |
| 7 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $51 | $108 | $92 | 85% | 4,224–4,269 | $8 – $242 |
| 8 | St Marys Hospital Decatur Of Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis DECATUR, IL | $271 | $225 | $142 | 63% | 4,188–4,404 | $32 – $385 |
| 9 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV | $37 | $45 | $26 | 58% | 3,564–4,041 | $21 – $244 |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $143 | $254 | $299 | 118% | 3,527 | $18 – $1.2k |
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