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
Blood glucose/reagent strips
Low
$11
Average
$1.0k
Median
$16
High
$23.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 2 | Trinity Medical Center Rock Island, IL | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 3 | Unity Healthcare Muscatine, IA | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 4 | Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park, IL | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 5 | MacNeal Hospital Berwyn, IL | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 6 | Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 7 | Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital San Diego, CA | $725 | $725 | — | — | — | $0 – $725 |
| 8 | Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado, CA | $23.2k | $23.2k | — | — | — | $0 – $23.2k |
| 9 | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH | $19 | $19 | $1 | 4% | — | $17 – $20 |
| 10 | The Union Hospital Association Dover, OH | $19 | $19 | $1 | 3% | — | $18 – $20 |
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