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
Low
$120
Average
$7.9k
Median
$5.5k
High
$23.4k
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Showing only prices reported under the fee schedule methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 15 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 22.9× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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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 | Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital Grand Haven, MI | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 5 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc. Appleton, WI | $14.3k | $13.7k | $1.2k | 9% | — | $11.6k – $14.6k |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora, MO | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 7 | Mercy St. Francis Hospital View, MO | $120 | $120 | — | — | — | $120 – $120 |
| 8 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Appleton, WI | $14.3k | $13.7k | $1.2k | 9% | — | $11.6k – $14.6k |
| 9 | Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV | $5.6k | $4.9k | $780 | 16% | — | $4.0k – $5.6k |
| 10 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Inc Fond Du Lac, WI | $14.3k | $13.7k | $1.2k | 9% | — | $11.6k – $14.6k |
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