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Original text from hospital filings
SINGLE LEVEL SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC
Based on 7,019–25,487 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$890
Average
$38.3k
Median
$35.9k
High
$192.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $214.8k | $192.3k | $53.9k | 28% | 1,245 | $62.5k – $299.9k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $149.8k | $161.8k | $115.3k | 71% | 946 | $23.0k – $332.9k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $90.4k | $88.8k | $62.3k | 70% | 700 | $23.0k – $184.4k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $74.6k | $87.3k | $51.4k | 59% | 324 | $23.0k – $149.1k |
| 5 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $23.4k | $25.1k | $18.9k | 75% | 312–528 | $160 – $64.3k |
| 6 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $24.2k | $31.8k | $24.6k | 77% | 184 | $893 – $94.8k |
| 7 | Jefferson Regional Medical Center JEFFERSON HILLS, PA | $23.9k | $26.7k | $10.9k | 41% | 108–180 | $2.4k – $50.9k |
| 8 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA | $31.2k | $30.1k | $14.0k | 46% | 90–306 | $1.2k – $100.6k |
| 9 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $42.6k | $47.3k | $19.6k | 41% | 80–296 | $26.2k – $103.1k |
| 10 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $34.7k | $35.7k | $7.0k | 20% | 63–126 | $29.3k – $50.6k |
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