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Original text from hospital filings
HERNIA PROCEDURES EXCEPT INGUINAL AND FEMORAL WITH MCC
Low
$56
Average
$36.6k
Median
$34.0k
High
$133.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $38.6k | $38.7k | $5.7k | 15% | 10–100 | $20.7k – $48.2k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $23.2k | $26.6k | $5.6k | 21% | 7–70 | $20.7k – $35.5k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $22.0k | $29.1k | $10.3k | 35% | 7–70 | $20.7k – $45.2k |
| 4 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $34.5k | $36.2k | $4.0k | 11% | 7–70 | $20.8k – $42.2k |
| 5 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $29.9k | $31.2k | $7.3k | 23% | 7–70 | $20.7k – $42.3k |
| 6 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ | $25.9k | $39.9k | $17.9k | 45% | 7–70 | $23.0k – $78.2k |
| 7 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ | $25.9k | $39.9k | $17.9k | 45% | 7–70 | $23.0k – $78.2k |
| 8 | Ohio State University Hospitals Columbus, OH | $20.0k | $31.3k | $18.0k | 58% | 6–60 | $18.2k – $195.9k |
| 9 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $42.2k | $77.2k | $53.5k | 69% | 5–50 | $11.5k – $176.8k |
| 10 | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH | $26.8k | $36.3k | $16.6k | 46% | 4–40 | $22k – $84.7k |
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