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Original text from hospital filings
MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC
Low
$56
Average
$33.6k
Median
$30.6k
High
$124.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $26.0k | $27.2k | $6.4k | 23% | 483 | $18.0k – $36.8k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $20.2k | $23.1k | $4.9k | 21% | 392 | $18.0k – $30.9k |
| 3 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $30.0k | $31.4k | $3.5k | 11% | 343 | $18.1k – $36.7k |
| 4 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $23.8k | $25.3k | $2.9k | 12% | 156–201 | $20.6k – $31.6k |
| 5 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY | $34.3k | $35.7k | $3.7k | 10% | 51–114 | $31.5k – $45.1k |
| 6 | Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA | $48.3k | $44.2k | $14.0k | 32% | 32–77 | $23.2k – $68.1k |
| 7 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $36.7k | $66.8k | $46.0k | 69% | 30–174 | $11.5k – $151.7k |
| 8 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ | $22.5k | $34.7k | $15.5k | 45% | 26–152 | $20.0k – $67.7k |
| 9 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ | $22.5k | $34.7k | $15.5k | 45% | 26–152 | $20.0k – $67.7k |
| 10 | St Tammany Hosptial Service District No 2 Slidell, LA | $16.5k | $22.1k | $8.7k | 39% | 25–250 | $3.9k – $75.9k |
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