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Original text from hospital filings
BRIEF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY-BASED SERVICE, E.G. VIRTUAL CHECK-IN, BY A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO CANNOT REPORT EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, PROVIDED TO AN ESTABLISHED PATIENT, NOT ORIGINATING FROM A RELATED SERVICE PROVIDED WITHIN T
Low
$11
Average
$68
Median
$16
High
$695
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi Tehachapi, CA | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $15 – $685 |
| 2 | Reedley Community Hospital Reedley, CA | $11 | $13 | $3 | 26% | — | $11 – $40 |
| 3 | San Joaquin Community Hospital Bakersfield, CA | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $76 |
| 4 | Lodi Memorial Hospital Association Inc Lodi, CA | $11 | $13 | $4 | 29% | — | $8 – $44 |
| 5 | Hanford Community Hospital Hanford, CA | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $8 – $74 |
| 6 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR | $14 | $16 | $4 | 25% | — | $13 – $887 |
| 7 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $23 | $23 | — | — | — | $23 – $23 |
| 8 | UF Health The Villages, FL | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
| 9 | UF Health Leesburg, FL | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
| 10 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
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