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Original text from hospital filings
PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH MCC
Low
$258
Average
$17.3k
Median
$14.4k
High
$213.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $13.0k | $17.4k | $6.7k | 39% | 84–138 | $1.2k – $38.8k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $11.1k | $11.1k | — | — | 72 | $11.1k – $25.9k |
| 3 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $11.1k | $12.6k | $2.5k | 20% | 60 | $11.1k – $19.1k |
| 4 | Las Cruces Medical Center LLC Las Cruces, NM | $12.5k | $13.9k | $4.7k | 34% | 54–126 | $35 – $25.5k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $11.1k | $11.1k | — | — | 44 | $11.1k – $24.3k |
| 6 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Atlanta, GA | $19.8k | $20.0k | $2.4k | 12% | 44–89 | $1.1k – $31.9k |
| 7 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $15.9k | $16.0k | $1.4k | 9% | 40–103 | $1.1k – $31.9k |
| 8 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Cumming, GA | $11.3k | $12.0k | $2.1k | 17% | 40–76 | $1.1k – $31.9k |
| 9 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $11.2k | $11.2k | — | — | 36 | $11.2k – $22.7k |
| 10 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $11.1k | $11.1k | — | — | 34 | $11.1k – $22.7k |
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