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Original text from hospital filings
MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH MCC
Based on 14,600–47,162 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$56
Average
$54.1k
Median
$50.1k
High
$1050.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $93.9k | $130.5k | $82.5k | 63% | 2,091 | $31.9k – $253.8k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $189.3k | $152.1k | $49.2k | 32% | 1,446 | $36.4k – $191.2k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $66.5k | $83.2k | $40.9k | 49% | 1,215 | $28.6k – $133.0k |
| 4 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $30.7k | $30.7k | $28.1k | 92% | 1,050–1,428 | $160 – $96.1k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $62.0k | $80.2k | $47.8k | 60% | 648 | $31.9k – $191.3k |
| 6 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $65.2k | $86.5k | $50.5k | 58% | 525 | $29.3k – $176.7k |
| 7 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $31.2k | $35.6k | $24.8k | 70% | 365 | $893 – $97.9k |
| 8 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $54.1k | $57.7k | $30.9k | 54% | 279–387 | $1.2k – $165.6k |
| 9 | Jefferson Regional Medical Center JEFFERSON HILLS, PA | $35.1k | $37.5k | $21.2k | 57% | 256–508 | $845 – $76.6k |
| 10 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc MONROEVILLE, PA | $34.0k | $34.2k | $19.5k | 57% | 240–294 | $1.2k – $78.0k |
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