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
OPEN CRANIOTOMY FOR TRAUMA,EXTREME
Low
$2.2k
Average
$16.2k
Median
$6.3k
High
$49.2k
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Showing only prices reported under the per diem methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 9 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 19.5× 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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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $49.4k | $49.2k | $3.0k | 6% | — | $44.8k – $54.4k |
| 2 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $49.4k | $49.2k | $3.0k | 6% | — | $44.8k – $54.4k |
| 3 | The University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, TN | $2.2k | $2.2k | $765 | 34% | — | $1.5k – $3k |
| 4 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $17.6k | $17.5k | $131 | 1% | — | $17.2k – $199.9k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 7 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $7.8k | $7.8k | — | — | — | $7.8k – $7.8k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital South Louis, MO | $4.1k | $2.6k | $1.7k | 66% | — | $672 – $4.1k |
| 9 | Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO | $4.6k | $4.6k | — | — | — | $4.6k – $4.6k |
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