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Original text from hospital filings
Critical Care Ill/Injured Patient Init 30-74 Min
Low
$0
Average
$1.1k
Median
$924
High
$23.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX | $220 | $229 | $40 | 17% | 2,328 | $157 – $729 |
| 2 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI | $293 | $489 | $545 | 111% | 1,499–1,697 | $127 – $11.1k |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $1.3k | $1.8k | $1.1k | 63% | 861–870 | $50 – $5.5k |
| 4 | Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital At Stanford PALO ALTO, CA | $1.0k | $945 | $162 | 17% | 813 | $437 – $1.1k |
| 5 | Dignity Health Gilbert, AZ | $898 | $3.3k | $4.3k | 130% | 645–663 | $185 – $18.2k |
| 6 | Dignity Health Long Beach, CA | $1.1k | $2.1k | $2.0k | 97% | 641–731 | $174 – $12.7k |
| 7 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $1.5k | $1.9k | $1.0k | 55% | 588–624 | $381 – $4.6k |
| 8 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center Greenfield, MA | $797 | $885 | $232 | 26% | 570 | $797 – $1.6k |
| 9 | Dignity Health Merced, CA | $1.1k | $4.1k | $4.4k | 108% | 564 | $201 – $25.6k |
| 10 | Dignity Health Carmichael, CA | $5.7k | $13.9k | $19.0k | 137% | 514–532 | $212 – $55.1k |
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