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
OBSERVATION INITIAL DIRECT
Based on 119–758 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$0
Average
$322
Median
$164
High
$51.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Hospital Concord, MA | $539 | $1.2k | $1.1k | 85% | 34 | $217 – $2.9k |
| 2 | Benefis Community Hospitals, Inc Choteau, MT | $240 | $258 | $233 | 90% | 26–134 | $0 – $638 |
| 3 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY | $206 | $228 | $27 | 12% | 15–150 | $62 – $252 |
| 4 | Mount Graham Regional Medical Center Safford, AZ | $261 | $261 | — | — | 4–40 | $261 – $261 |
| 5 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles, LA | $135 | $159 | $53 | 33% | 4–40 | $89 – $266 |
| 6 | Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc. St. Johnsbury, VT | $121 | $199 | $163 | 82% | 4–40 | $13 – $630 |
| 7 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX | $114 | $155 | $82 | 53% | 3–30 | $73 – $410 |
| 8 | Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer, IA | $225 | $181 | $82 | 45% | 3–30 | $87 – $267 |
| 9 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $236 | $223 | $58 | 26% | 2–20 | $34 – $310 |
| 10 | Mercy St. Francis Hospital View, MO | $356 | $289 | $121 | 42% | 2–20 | $89 – $434 |
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