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Original text from hospital filings
GENERATOR,OPTIMIZER SMART MINI
Based on 154–253 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$0
Average
$51.3k
Median
$40.1k
High
$561.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $43.4k | $37.5k | $18.3k | 49% | 143 | $1.1k – $56.2k |
| 2 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $162.1k | $213.1k | $166.5k | 78% | 8–80 | $27.4k – $620.0k |
| 3 | Avera Heart Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $69.1k | $59.0k | $32.2k | 55% | 2–20 | $0 – $90.9k |
| 4 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento SACRAMENTO, CA | $13 | $13 | — | — | 1–10 | $13 – $13 |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $38.3k | $37.4k | $13.3k | 36% | — | $8.6k – $58.5k |
| 6 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $46.7k | $43.7k | $26.3k | 60% | — | $2.6k – $83.2k |
| 7 | Hca Healthone Northeast Er THORNTON, CO | $227.9k | $192.0k | $90.3k | 47% | — | $350 – $331.2k |
| 8 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $45.5k | $49.4k | $23.8k | 48% | — | $11.7k – $108.3k |
| 9 | SwedishAmerican Hospital Rockford, IL | $19.4k | $19.7k | $7.5k | 38% | — | $5.6k – $37.4k |
| 10 | McLeod Health Dillon, SC | $11.6k | $18.8k | $11.2k | 60% | — | $5.8k – $37.9k |
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