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Original text from hospital filings
MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC
Low
$1
Average
$66.0k
Median
$61.2k
High
$241.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $164.6k | $136.4k | $41.5k | 30% | 1,415 | $32.9k – $193.7k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $85.8k | $82.5k | $28.5k | 34% | 1,311 | $18.0k – $107.3k |
| 3 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $81.6k | $87.9k | $34.4k | 39% | 728 | $18.0k – $153.6k |
| 4 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $9.9k | $11.7k | $7.7k | 66% | 570–840 | $1.1k – $26.1k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $140.9k | $134.7k | $53.0k | 39% | 539 | $18.1k – $197.0k |
| 6 | Jefferson Regional Medical Center JEFFERSON HILLS, PA | $17.9k | $14.5k | $5.7k | 39% | 228–480 | $1.0k – $19.3k |
| 7 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc WEXFORD, PA | $5.5k | $8.2k | $8.5k | 103% | 165–255 | $308 – $21.7k |
| 8 | Saint Vincent Health Center ERIE, PA | $20.9k | $16.0k | $7.9k | 49% | 156–318 | $82 – $21.5k |
| 9 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc MONROEVILLE, PA | $17.6k | $17.8k | $12.2k | 68% | 150–474 | $365 – $43.5k |
| 10 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $28.7k | $27.6k | $7.3k | 26% | 59 | $893 – $41.0k |
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