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
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC
Low
$273
Average
$11.8k
Median
$10.6k
High
$141.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $11.8k | $11.9k | $5.2k | 44% | 438–519 | $1.2k – $30.9k |
| 2 | Triad of Alabama LLC Dothan, AL | $7.0k | $6.4k | $2.2k | 34% | 352–379 | $754 – $11.1k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | 308 | $6.5k – $14.3k |
| 4 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Powell, TN | $7.2k | $7.1k | $2.9k | 41% | 299–362 | $1.0k – $27.5k |
| 5 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL | $6.4k | $5.8k | $2.1k | 36% | 288–324 | $550 – $10.6k |
| 6 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Knoxville, TN | $7.2k | $7.1k | $3.1k | 43% | 253–334 | $1.0k – $27.5k |
| 7 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $10.0k | $15.2k | $9.9k | 65% | 248–464 | $79 – $42.6k |
| 8 | Piney Woods Healthcare System LP Lufkin, TX | $7.7k | $8.9k | $1.8k | 20% | 237–282 | $500 – $13.0k |
| 9 | Northwest Hospital LLC Tucson, AZ | $7.6k | $8.9k | $2.6k | 29% | 236–308 | $1.1k – $31.1k |
| 10 | Bullhead City Hospital Corporation City, AZ | $7.7k | $9.6k | $3.8k | 39% | 211–238 | $1.1k – $34.9k |
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