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
OTHER IMPLANTS
Low
$2.2k
Average
$3.4k
Median
$2.7k
High
$5.6k
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Reflects a negotiated per diem rate paid per day of care.
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 2.1× 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 | The University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, TN | $2.2k | $2.2k | $765 | 34% | — | $1.5k – $3k |
| 2 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH DYER DYER, IN | $5.6k | $5.6k | $346 | 6% | — | $5.3k – $89.0k |
| 3 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MUNSTER MUNSTER, IN | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $139.2k |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 7 | Mercy Hospital South Louis, MO | $3.5k | $2.4k | $1.4k | 59% | — | $672 – $3.8k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO | $3.9k | $2.6k | $1.6k | 60% | — | $672 – $4.1k |
| 9 | Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO | $4.6k | $4.6k | — | — | — | $4.6k – $4.6k |
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