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
Implanted VAD Flush
Low
$0
Average
$765
Median
$90
High
$19.8k
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Showing only prices reported under the case rate methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 593 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 39.9× 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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| 1 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $42 | $46 | $5 | 12% | 237–246 | $37 – $165 |
| 2 | Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville, IA | $181 | $181 | — | — | 130 | $34 – $181 |
| 3 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA | $41 | $41 | — | — | 100 | $41 – $170 |
| 4 | Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake, IA | $43 | $43 | — | — | 52 | $38 – $185 |
| 5 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital Pierre, SD | $64 | $64 | — | — | 51 | $61 – $194 |
| 6 | Avera Merrill Pioneer Rock Rapids, IA | $181 | $181 | — | — | 28 | $152 – $218 |
| 7 | Avera Queen of Peace Mitchell, SD | $48 | $48 | — | — | 26 | $48 – $197 |
| 8 | Reid Health Richmond, IN | $159 | $159 | — | — | 5–50 | $159 – $159 |
| 9 | Regional Health Services of Howard County Cresco, IA | $43 | $43 | — | — | 2–20 | $43 – $196 |
| 10 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Trenton Trenton, MO | $132 | $132 | — | — | 2–20 | $44 – $132 |
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