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
Signs & symptoms of musculoskeletal system & connective tissue without major complications
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Based on 4,085–4,355 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$352
Average
$9.4k
Median
$8.0k
High
$56.6k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Nor-Lea Hospital District Lovington, NM | $753 | $806 | $426 | 53% | 3,741–3,759 | $292 – $1.5k |
| 2 | Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County, NM | $1.4k | $1.5k | $746 | 50% | 139–157 | $593 – $2.7k |
| 3 | Preferred Hospital Leasing Hemphill, Inc. Hemphill, TX | $443 | $462 | $91 | 20% | 101–110 | $361 – $582 |
| 4 | Preferred Hospital Leasing Shamrock, Inc. Shamrock, TX | $352 | $352 | $150 | 43% | 40 | $202 – $501 |
| 5 | Preferred Hospital Leasing Van Horn Inc. Van Horn, TX | $559 | $559 | $48 | 9% | 39 | $511 – $608 |
| 6 | Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Rock, AR | $6.7k | $8.9k | $4.2k | 47% | 7–70 | $6.1k – $17.9k |
| 7 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE, IN | $17.8k | $19.2k | $5.4k | 28% | 2–20 | $7.7k – $26.0k |
| 8 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN | $12.5k | $11.0k | $6.2k | 56% | 2–20 | $3.8k – $20.8k |
| 9 | Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock Rock, AR | $8.7k | $8.7k | $2.4k | 27% | 2–20 | $6.3k – $11.1k |
| 10 | Baptist Health Medical Center - Drew County Monticello, AR | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.7k – $6.7k |
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