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Original text from hospital filings
OSTEOMYELITIS, SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTIONS,EXTREME
Low
$4.3k
Average
$23.1k
Median
$15.7k
High
$68.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jewish Hospital Llc Cincinnati, OH | $7.9k | $7.9k | $3.0k | 37% | 3–30 | $4.8k – $11.3k |
| 2 | Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Rock, AR | $27.2k | $24.4k | $10.2k | 42% | 3–30 | $10.7k – $35.1k |
| 3 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $9.2k | $10.8k | $5.5k | 51% | 3–30 | $2.0k – $47.3k |
| 4 | Mercy Health Youngstown Llc Youngstown, OH | $5.5k | $5.5k | $901 | 16% | 2–20 | $4.6k – $6.5k |
| 5 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH DYER DYER, IN | $20.6k | $27.5k | $9.7k | 35% | 2–20 | $2.7k – $56.8k |
| 6 | Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center Llc Toledo, OH | $8.0k | $8.0k | $1.3k | 16% | 1–10 | $6.6k – $9.5k |
| 7 | Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital Llc Fairfield, OH | $5.7k | $5.8k | $123 | 2% | 1–10 | $5.7k – $6.0k |
| 8 | Mercy Health Clermont Hospital Llc Batavia, OH | $5.5k | $5.6k | $118 | 2% | 1–10 | $5.4k – $5.8k |
| 9 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $23.5k | $27.8k | $8.1k | 29% | 1–10 | $20.8k – $65.6k |
| 10 | Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Richardson, TX | $41.0k | $38.8k | $8.5k | 22% | 1–10 | $13.5k – $63.0k |
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