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
LUMBAR CAGE SYSTEM 26X32X13MM
Low
$1
Average
$11.5k
Median
$8.7k
High
$76.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY | $2.9k | $3.7k | $3.5k | 97% | 3,234–32,340 | $0 – $54.4k |
| 2 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $6.9k | $7.4k | $4.4k | 59% | 2,793–27,930 | $191 – $60.9k |
| 3 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $6.8k | $6.8k | $4.3k | 63% | 1,355–13,550 | $77 – $28.7k |
| 4 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI | $1.4k | $1.9k | $1.6k | 87% | 1,090–10,900 | $0 – $22.3k |
| 5 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY | $2.9k | $3.6k | $3.5k | 95% | 1,078–10,780 | $0 – $54.4k |
| 6 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Grand Rapids, MI | $2.4k | $2.9k | $2.4k | 82% | 1,050–10,500 | $0 – $32.6k |
| 7 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $6.5k | $7.9k | $4.9k | 62% | 838–8,380 | $382 – $29.8k |
| 8 | Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Hill, NJ | $2.7k | $3.7k | $3.0k | 82% | 608–6,080 | $48 – $28.9k |
| 9 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskegon, MI | $3.3k | $3.7k | $2.7k | 74% | 544–5,287 | $0 – $39.2k |
| 10 | Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD | $5.2k | $6.1k | $4.5k | 74% | 537–5,370 | $0 – $21.1k |
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