Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
CELLULITIS AGE >17 W/O CC
Low
$160
Average
$6.6k
Median
$3.7k
High
$126.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Canton, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 3–30 | $1.1k – $58.0k |
| 2 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $3.4k | $7.3k | $9.4k | 129% | 2–20 | $893 – $55.2k |
| 3 | Hospital Of Central Connecticut At New Britain D/b/a The Hospital Of Central Connecticut NEW BRITAIN, CT | $10.2k | $10.2k | $401 | 4% | 1–10 | $9.7k – $30.3k |
| 4 | Medical Ctiy Argyle Argyle, TX | $5.5k | $4.9k | $2.7k | 56% | — | $927 – $167.3k |
| 5 | Medical City Alliance SAGINAW, TX | $5.5k | $5.3k | $2.8k | 53% | — | $995 – $167.3k |
| 6 | Medical City Mckinney McKinney, TX | $3.2k | $3.5k | $2.9k | 82% | — | $142 – $167.3k |
| 7 | Medical City Las Colinas Irving, TX | $5.0k | $4.9k | $2.5k | 52% | — | $995 – $167.3k |
| 8 | Med City Heart Hospital Dallas, TX | $6.2k | $5.2k | $2.9k | 55% | — | $455 – $167.3k |
| 9 | Medical City Denton Argyle, TX | $5.5k | $4.9k | $2.7k | 56% | — | $927 – $167.3k |
| 10 | Med City Spine Hospital DALLAS, TX | $6.2k | $5.2k | $2.9k | 55% | — | $455 – $167.3k |
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