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 without complications
Low
$484
Average
$9.9k
Median
$7.2k
High
$24.8k
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Reflects negotiated fee schedule rates with commercial payers.
| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County, NM | $484 | $484 | — | — | 1–10 | $484 – $484 |
| 2 | Yale New Haven Hospital Haven, CT | $27.9k | $24.8k | $9.9k | 40% | — | $10.2k – $42.6k |
| 3 | Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Girardeau, MO | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 4 | Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV | $5.9k | $5.6k | $343 | 6% | — | $5.2k – $18.9k |
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