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
SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITH CC
Low
$6.5k
Average
$24.9k
Median
$27.0k
High
$34.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hendricks Regional Health Danville, IN | $6.5k | $6.5k | $605 | 9% | — | $5.2k – $37.1k |
| 2 | Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV | $45.4k | $34.7k | $18.5k | 53% | — | $6.7k – $51.8k |
| 3 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Appleton, WI | $26.3k | $27.0k | $4.5k | 17% | — | $11.6k – $33.3k |
| 4 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Fond Du Lac, WI | $26.3k | $27.0k | $4.5k | 17% | — | $11.6k – $33.3k |
| 5 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc. Appleton, WI | $26.3k | $27.0k | $4.5k | 17% | — | $11.6k – $33.3k |
| 6 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Oshkosh, WI | $26.3k | $27.0k | $4.5k | 17% | — | $11.6k – $33.3k |
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