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
Low
$0
Average
$17.7k
Median
$13.8k
High
$148.7k
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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 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $30.6k | $28.9k | $11.2k | 39% | 375 | $5.4k – $40.8k |
| 3 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc WEXFORD, PA | $310 | $310 | — | — | 280 | $310 – $310 |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $24.1k | $20.3k | $7.6k | 37% | 216 | $5.4k – $26.7k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $16.2k | $18.0k | $7.7k | 43% | 176 | $5.4k – $31.9k |
| 6 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $28.1k | $26.9k | $11.5k | 43% | 99 | $5.4k – $39.1k |
| 7 | Saint Vincent Health Center ERIE, PA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $35.9k | $30.8k | $10.6k | 34% | 17–170 | $5.4k – $41.8k |
| 9 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $31.5k | $29.9k | $9.4k | 31% | 14–140 | $5.4k – $40.6k |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL | $14.3k | $13.6k | $5.0k | 37% | 12–120 | $5.0k – $20.8k |
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