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Original text from hospital filings
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH CC
Based on 14,666–38,309 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$890
Average
$27.6k
Median
$25.6k
High
$142.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $66.0k | $68.8k | $44.1k | 64% | 2,301 | $15.2k – $132.0k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $107.5k | $87.6k | $27.3k | 31% | 1,266 | $20.0k – $116.5k |
| 3 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $24.5k | $30.3k | $16.6k | 55% | 1,150 | $13.7k – $71.1k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $29.4k | $33.2k | $18.1k | 55% | 896 | $749 – $55.7k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $53.3k | $53.3k | $35.9k | 67% | 800 | $15.2k – $108.7k |
| 6 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $31.0k | $49.1k | $32.5k | 66% | 504 | $15.3k – $106.2k |
| 7 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $25.0k | $24.8k | $9.6k | 39% | 325–397 | $1.2k – $53.0k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $42.1k | $53.5k | $28.1k | 52% | 324 | $15.2k – $93.6k |
| 9 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $16.6k | $21.2k | $11.1k | 52% | 256 | $893 – $51.0k |
| 10 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Knoxville, TN | $15.5k | $17.7k | $11.3k | 64% | 154–307 | $1.0k – $54.4k |
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