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Original text from hospital filings
PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH CC
Low
$500
Average
$12.0k
Median
$10.2k
High
$119.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | 26 | $7.0k – $14.4k |
| 2 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $12.6k | $12.1k | $4.2k | 35% | 26–71 | $1.2k – $25.3k |
| 3 | Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Plainsboro, NJ | $8.6k | $10.3k | $3.4k | 33% | 22–49 | $1.7k – $17.1k |
| 4 | Las Cruces Medical Center LLC Las Cruces, NM | $9.0k | $9.3k | $3.0k | 32% | 17–35 | $35 – $16.4k |
| 5 | Wesley Health System LLC Hattiesburg, MS | $8.3k | $9.4k | $2.5k | 27% | 16–52 | $1.0k – $15.1k |
| 6 | Triad of Alabama LLC Dothan, AL | $7.5k | $6.8k | $2.4k | 35% | 15–42 | $754 – $11.7k |
| 7 | Longview Medical Center LP Longview, TX | $8.2k | $9.4k | $2.2k | 23% | 15–42 | $525 – $15.3k |
| 8 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $12.1k | $12.1k | — | — | 12–21 | $9.2k – $15.2k |
| 9 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $17.1k | $17.8k | $9.7k | 54% | 12–120 | $392 – $36.2k |
| 10 | Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, OH | $7.3k | $10.2k | $5.0k | 49% | 10–100 | $6.4k – $20.4k |
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