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
HC ED Type a Level 1 Sane_Safe
Low
$24
Average
$877
Median
$281
High
$840.6k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD | $135 | $134 | $4 | 3% | 6,401–6,653 | $103 – $137 |
| 2 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $325 | $299 | $177 | 59% | 3,341–3,584 | $15 – $650 |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $301 | $293 | $184 | 63% | 2,795 | $39 – $571 |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $456 | $586 | $420 | 72% | 2,624 | $91 – $1.4k |
| 5 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $435 | $400 | $156 | 39% | 2,312–2,420 | $106 – $571 |
| 6 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $272 | $286 | $121 | 42% | 2,225 | $105 – $571 |
| 7 | Buchanan County Health Center Independence, IA | $58 | $122 | $131 | 107% | 1,362–1,380 | $7 – $438 |
| 8 | Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HurstEulessBedford Bedford, TX | $202 | $176 | $88 | 50% | 1,206–1,251 | $33 – $1.6k |
| 9 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $222 | $298 | $155 | 52% | 1,168–1,186 | $110 – $608 |
| 10 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $210 | $283 | $147 | 52% | 1,168–1,186 | $85 – $576 |
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