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Original text from hospital filings
DETECTION TEST BY MULTIPLEX AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE FOR SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 (SARS-COV-2) (COVID-19) AND INFLUENZA VIRUS TYPES A AND B
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Based on 47,631–57,405 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$51
Average
$238
Median
$198
High
$4.1k
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| 1 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $144 | $176 | $94 | 54% | 3,302–3,356 | $64 – $448 |
| 2 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Charlotte, NC | $216 | $244 | $109 | 45% | 2,980–3,016 | $50 – $470 |
| 3 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Concord, NC | $216 | $251 | $103 | 41% | 2,977–2,986 | $60 – $461 |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Albany, IN | $147 | $174 | $101 | 58% | 2,479 | $57 – $438 |
| 5 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Monroe, NC | $210 | $246 | $109 | 44% | 2,140–2,176 | $65 – $461 |
| 6 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Charlotte, NC | $212 | $243 | $105 | 43% | 1,629–1,638 | $50 – $446 |
| 7 | Atrium Health Hospitals Inc Shelby, NC | $242 | $263 | $102 | 39% | 1,572–1,608 | $81 – $461 |
| 8 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $147 | $193 | $97 | 50% | 1,508–1,778 | $97 – $713 |
| 9 | Valley Regional Hospital CLAREMONT, NH | $139 | $142 | $126 | 89% | 1,476–1,800 | $61 – $1.3k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $143 | $204 | $154 | 76% | 1,243 | $57 – $584 |
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