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
Malnutrition, Failure To Thrive And Other Nutritional Disorders,MAJOR
Low
$6.4k
Average
$20.2k
Median
$15.5k
High
$63.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $15.5k | $20.6k | $11.4k | 55% | 20–200 | $6.8k – $146.8k |
| 2 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $19.9k | $23.6k | $14.6k | 62% | 18–180 | $6.8k – $146.8k |
| 3 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $15.5k | $16.2k | $7.2k | 44% | 9–90 | $4.7k – $128.2k |
| 4 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA | $11.9k | $13.4k | $5.2k | 39% | 8–80 | $4.7k – $128.2k |
| 5 | Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Boston, MA | $15.5k | $15.5k | $3.5k | 23% | 6–60 | $9.3k – $44.4k |
| 6 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $24.2k | $23.8k | $10.8k | 46% | 6–60 | $10.3k – $49.3k |
| 7 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $18.6k | $21.9k | $9.6k | 44% | 6–60 | $2.0k – $44.8k |
| 8 | Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus, IN | $11.6k | $14.7k | $4.6k | 32% | 6–60 | $11.3k – $21.2k |
| 9 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA | $15.6k | $15.8k | $5.4k | 34% | 3–30 | $6.2k – $69.4k |
| 10 | Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA | $17.0k | $22.1k | $11.2k | 51% | 2–20 | $7.8k – $52.2k |
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