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Original text from hospital filings
APPENDECTOMY WITH COMPLICATED PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Low
$2.4k
Average
$36.1k
Median
$52.1k
High
$69.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ | $70.6k | $69.4k | $2.1k | 3% | — | $65.0k – $70.6k |
| 2 | Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ | $65.5k | $63.9k | $2.2k | 4% | — | $60.3k – $65.5k |
| 3 | Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ | $59.0k | $52.1k | $15.4k | 30% | — | $8.7k – $59.0k |
| 4 | Clarion Hospital Clarion, PA | $10.3k | $10.3k | — | — | — | $10.3k – $10.3k |
| 5 | Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ | $59.0k | $57.3k | $2.1k | 4% | — | $54.3k – $59.0k |
| 6 | Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO | $4.6k | $4.6k | — | — | — | $4.6k – $4.6k |
| 7 | Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ | $64.2k | $63.4k | $2.4k | 4% | — | $60.3k – $65.5k |
| 8 | Somervell County Hospital District dba Glen Rose Medical Center Glen Rose, TX | $4.8k | $5.5k | $4.5k | 82% | — | $935 – $12.0k |
| 9 | Butler Healthcare Providers_ DBA Butler Memorial Hospital Butler, PA | $10.9k | $10.9k | $589 | 5% | — | $10.3k – $11.5k |
| 10 | Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ | $59.0k | $57.5k | $2.0k | 4% | — | $54.3k – $59.0k |
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