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
LEAD, SUBSTERNAL CLNL 63CM FREE IDE
Low
$0
Average
$11.8k
Median
$5.8k
High
$76.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Raleigh, NC | $18.7k | $18.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1 – $21.7k |
| 2 | DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Durham, NC | $18.7k | $18.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $1 – $21.7k |
| 3 | Sacred Heart-Riverbend Springfield, OR | $9.5k | $9.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $9.5k – $9.5k |
| 4 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN | $2.3k | $4.5k | $4.9k | 110% | 1–10 | $0 – $25.1k |
| 5 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN | $2.3k | $4.5k | $4.9k | 110% | 1–10 | $0 – $25.1k |
| 6 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN | $2.3k | $4.5k | $4.9k | 110% | 1–10 | $0 – $25.1k |
| 7 | Allina Health Systems Faribault, MN | $2.3k | $4.5k | $4.9k | 110% | 1–10 | $0 – $25.1k |
| 8 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles, LA | $101 | $101 | — | — | 1–10 | $101 – $7.8k |
| 9 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $6.8k | $8.4k | $6.5k | 78% | — | $547 – $65.2k |
| 10 | St. Joseph Health System, LLC Wayne, IN | $6.8k | $12.1k | $17.5k | 144% | — | $297 – $72.5k |
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