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Original text from hospital filings
SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC
Low
$56
Average
$12.5k
Median
$10.9k
High
$190k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $9.6k | $10.0k | $1.1k | 11% | 406 | $5.8k – $11.7k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $12.1k | $12.3k | $1.9k | 16% | 336 | $5.7k – $15.1k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $6.1k | $8.1k | $2.9k | 35% | 322 | $5.7k – $12.6k |
| 4 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $9.0k | $8.9k | $780 | 9% | 322–385 | $6.7k – $10.3k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL | $17.2k | $18.7k | $2.2k | 12% | 210 | $17.2k – $22.2k |
| 6 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $10.8k | $10.4k | $1.4k | 13% | 204 | $8.2k – $11.7k |
| 7 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $6.8k | $8.6k | $5.3k | 61% | 178–205 | $434 – $28.6k |
| 8 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $19.0k | $23.8k | $15.5k | 65% | 109–235 | $6.7k – $49.4k |
| 9 | Highland Hospital Rochester, NY | $9.2k | $9.2k | $524 | 6% | 79–106 | $7.8k – $10.3k |
| 10 | St Tammany Hosptial Service District No 2 Slidell, LA | $5.6k | $7.3k | $2.6k | 36% | 76–454 | $2.8k – $31.1k |
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