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 CC/MCC
Low
$6.9k
Average
$19.9k
Median
$22.6k
High
$27.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN | $7.7k | $10.2k | $3.6k | 35% | 1–10 | $3.4k – $21.9k |
| 2 | Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Rock, AR | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 3 | Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ | $25.9k | $23.3k | $5.6k | 24% | — | $7.7k – $25.9k |
| 4 | CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ | $27.9k | $27.4k | $812 | 3% | — | $25.6k – $27.9k |
| 5 | Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ | $23.3k | $22.7k | $798 | 4% | — | $21.4k – $23.3k |
| 6 | Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ | $23.3k | $21.1k | $4.4k | 21% | — | $8.7k – $23.3k |
| 7 | Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ | $23.3k | $22.6k | $820 | 4% | — | $21.4k – $23.3k |
| 8 | Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ | $25.3k | $25.0k | $929 | 4% | — | $23.8k – $25.9k |
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