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Original text from hospital filings
CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC
Based on 178–1,681 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$890
Average
$73.7k
Median
$68.7k
High
$350.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $334.5k | $292.2k | $105.0k | 36% | 33–330 | $93.3k – $480.9k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $74.1k | $86.6k | $41.1k | 47% | 24–240 | $36.3k – $188.1k |
| 3 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA | $50.9k | $67.7k | $43.0k | 63% | 11 | $548 – $171.0k |
| 4 | Infirmary Health Thomas Fairhope, AL | $48.9k | $50.3k | $21.1k | 42% | 8–80 | $1.1k – $101.2k |
| 5 | Laredo Texas Hospital Company LP Laredo, TX | $57.1k | $62.6k | $26.1k | 42% | 4–40 | $1k – $118.0k |
| 6 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Knoxville, TN | $44.3k | $39.2k | $22.0k | 56% | 4–40 | $1.0k – $85.8k |
| 7 | Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA | $101.7k | $108.8k | $59.3k | 55% | 4–40 | $1.2k – $243.0k |
| 8 | Piney Woods Healthcare System LP Lufkin, TX | $49.7k | $48.1k | $21.3k | 44% | 3–30 | $500 – $85.3k |
| 9 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $82.2k | $94.6k | $42.4k | 45% | 3–30 | $50.0k – $238.2k |
| 10 | Vicksburg Healthcare LLC Vicksburg, MS | $47.5k | $46.5k | $29.3k | 63% | 3–30 | $35 – $112.4k |
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