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VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH MCC
Based on 1,549–8,191 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$56
Average
$49.4k
Median
$47.1k
High
$196.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $183.0k | $144.0k | $49.5k | 34% | 726–816 | $35.1k – $186.7k |
| 2 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX | $37.9k | $57.1k | $32.2k | 56% | 63 | $1.9k – $120.7k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $82.3k | $101.4k | $55.5k | 55% | 39–390 | $26.2k – $183.0k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $70.9k | $87.6k | $44.4k | 51% | 27–270 | $30.5k – $141.7k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $61.7k | $79.9k | $47.5k | 59% | 24–240 | $31.9k – $190.3k |
| 6 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $48.0k | $47.4k | $6.0k | 13% | 20–47 | $40.4k – $53.4k |
| 7 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $41.5k | $41.5k | — | — | 18–45 | $41.5k – $41.5k |
| 8 | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania D/B/A The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $48.8k | $62.7k | $42.7k | 68% | 15–150 | $545 – $204.3k |
| 9 | Ucsf Medical Center San Francisco, CA | $86.9k | $117.2k | $80.7k | 69% | 14–140 | $35.8k – $382.1k |
| 10 | UCSF Langely Porter Psychiatic Hospital San Francisco, CA | $86.9k | $117.2k | $80.7k | 69% | 14–140 | $35.8k – $382.1k |
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