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Original text from hospital filings
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE FUSIONS WITH MCC
Low
$280
Average
$81.9k
Median
$74.2k
High
$613.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $99.2k | $96.6k | $34.2k | 35% | 37–82 | $1.2k – $201.5k |
| 2 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $114.1k | $118.4k | $61.2k | 52% | 22–103 | $1.2k – $457.0k |
| 3 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $79.6k | $85.9k | $10.3k | 12% | 21–57 | $75.7k – $127.8k |
| 4 | Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA | $78.1k | $112.0k | $53.7k | 48% | 15–51 | $545 – $253.3k |
| 5 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $76.3k | $76.3k | $770 | 1% | 14–23 | $75.5k – $131.6k |
| 6 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $74.8k | $124.3k | $75.2k | 60% | 12–120 | $66.8k – $273.3k |
| 7 | Ucsf Medical Center San Francisco, CA | $294.4k | $315.8k | $216.2k | 68% | 11–110 | $100.0k – $929.2k |
| 8 | UCSF Langely Porter Psychiatic Hospital San Francisco, CA | $294.4k | $315.8k | $216.2k | 68% | 11–110 | $100.0k – $929.2k |
| 9 | SSM-SLUH, Inc. Saint Louis, MO | $80.6k | $74.5k | $28.4k | 38% | 10–100 | $33.7k – $136.0k |
| 10 | Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH | $60.9k | $73.1k | $62.1k | 85% | 10–100 | $500 – $209.6k |
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