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
Low
$0
Average
$223
Median
$147
High
$3.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Hospital Concord, MA | $2.8k | $2.8k | $150 | 5% | 34 | $2.6k – $2.9k |
| 2 | Benefis Community Hospitals, Inc Choteau, MT | $0 | $0 | — | — | 20–74 | $0 – $0 |
| 3 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles, LA | $89 | $89 | — | — | 3–30 | $89 – $89 |
| 4 | Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Inc. St. Johnsbury, VT | $96 | $95 | $33 | 35% | 2–20 | $13 – $128 |
| 5 | Benefis Teton Medical Center Choteau, MT | $0 | $0 | — | — | 2–20 | $0 – $0 |
| 6 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $272 | $272 | — | — | 1–10 | $272 – $272 |
| 7 | Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV | $73 | $73 | — | — | 1–10 | $73 – $73 |
| 8 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $89 | $89 | — | — | — | $89 – $89 |
| 9 | Henry Ford Health Novi, MI | $151 | $160 | $13 | 8% | — | $151 – $178 |
| 10 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $117 | $146 | $79 | 54% | — | $45 – $406 |
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