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Original text from hospital filings
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITHOUT CC/MCC
Based on 6,869–24,959 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$224
Average
$23.4k
Median
$21.7k
High
$96.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $95.8k | $81.0k | $23.3k | 29% | 907 | $19.1k – $98.6k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $60.5k | $62.4k | $41.0k | 66% | 780 | $12.9k – $121.0k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $51.1k | $50.1k | $35.3k | 70% | 550 | $12.9k – $104.3k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $22.1k | $27.8k | $16.3k | 59% | 414 | $12.9k – $67.5k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $26.5k | $39.5k | $26.0k | 66% | 338 | $13.0k – $93.0k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $38.8k | $48.5k | $26.4k | 55% | 324 | $12.9k – $86.1k |
| 7 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $13.7k | $16.5k | $12.0k | 73% | 192–408 | $160 – $47.0k |
| 8 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $21.5k | $21.1k | $7.9k | 38% | 185–248 | $1.2k – $44.7k |
| 9 | Saint Vincent Health Center ERIE, PA | $15.5k | $18.6k | $10.2k | 55% | 84–165 | $450 – $41.3k |
| 10 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Knoxville, TN | $13.3k | $15.0k | $9.9k | 66% | 73–190 | $1.0k – $49.3k |
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