Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITHOUT CC/MCC
Based on 6,715–20,269 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$1
Average
$10.5k
Median
$9.4k
High
$126.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $39.1k | $30.7k | $10.7k | 35% | 1,100 | $4.3k – $40.6k |
| 2 | Wesley Health System LLC Hattiesburg, MS | $6.5k | $6.6k | $2.9k | 44% | 661–715 | $1.0k – $12.0k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $20.4k | $21.6k | $13.2k | 61% | 585 | $5.4k – $40.8k |
| 4 | Natchez Hospital Company LLC Natchez, MS | $6.6k | $6.2k | $3.4k | 55% | 389–416 | $1.0k – $14.1k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $9.2k | $12.3k | $7.9k | 64% | 352 | $5.4k – $31.9k |
| 6 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $13.4k | $16.0k | $8.7k | 54% | 324 | $5.4k – $26.7k |
| 7 | Vicksburg Healthcare LLC Vicksburg, MS | $6.3k | $5.7k | $3.1k | 54% | 282–309 | $35 – $12.6k |
| 8 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc WEXFORD, PA | $5.7k | $6.7k | $3.8k | 56% | 280 | $310 – $16.0k |
| 9 | Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach, CA | $1.4k | $4.5k | $5.5k | 121% | 230–365 | $119 – $23.3k |
| 10 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $11.0k | $17.1k | $12.3k | 72% | 209 | $5.4k – $39.1k |
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