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Original text from hospital filings
PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH MCC
Low
$1
Average
$26.6k
Median
$21.5k
High
$114.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $64.6k | $53.9k | $16.4k | 30% | 1,485 | $14.8k – $76.1k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $48.5k | $45.8k | $17.7k | 39% | 450 | $9.2k – $64.6k |
| 3 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc MONROEVILLE, PA | $7.6k | $6.4k | $4.8k | 76% | 360–576 | $241 – $11.6k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $35.1k | $29.9k | $10.7k | 36% | 306 | $8.4k – $38.9k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $41.7k | $39.8k | $16.1k | 40% | 180 | $11.1k – $69.1k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $70.1k | $66.6k | $20.9k | 31% | 154 | $11.1k – $90.5k |
| 7 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $46.4k | $44.3k | $18.9k | 43% | 108 | $10.7k – $64.4k |
| 8 | Jefferson Regional Medical Center JEFFERSON HILLS, PA | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | 52 | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 9 | Clinch Valley Health Richlands, VA | $8.7k | $8.7k | $289 | 3% | 42–60 | $8.4k – $9.0k |
| 10 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $11.8k | $11.7k | $256 | 2% | 24–240 | $11.3k – $12.0k |
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