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
Bacterial And Tuberculous Infections Of Nervous System,MAJOR
Based on 24–240 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$4.6k
Average
$38.1k
Median
$31.5k
High
$102.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $65.0k | $51.9k | $34.1k | 66% | 9–90 | $14.4k – $191.3k |
| 2 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA | $23.0k | $26.2k | $11.2k | 43% | 4–40 | $2.5k – $88.5k |
| 3 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $65.0k | $67.2k | $44.0k | 66% | 3–30 | $14.4k – $191.3k |
| 4 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $22.1k | $34.3k | $20.4k | 60% | 2–20 | $16.0k – $78.2k |
| 5 | Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA | $21.5k | $30.2k | $14.7k | 49% | 2–20 | $15.5k – $59.5k |
| 6 | Jewish Hospital Llc Cincinnati, OH | $11.0k | $11.1k | $235 | 2% | 1–10 | $10.8k – $11.5k |
| 7 | Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Boston, MA | $20.0k | $20.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.5k – $76.3k |
| 8 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $45.9k | $45.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $21.4k – $167.1k |
| 9 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $21.5k | $31.0k | $18.9k | 61% | 1–10 | $2.0k – $65.3k |
| 10 | Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center Llc Toledo, OH | $16.2k | $16.1k | $156 | 1% | — | $15.9k – $16.5k |
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