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Original text from hospital filings
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE FUSIONS WITH CC
Low
$890
Average
$80.0k
Median
$72.6k
High
$370.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $64.1k | $70.7k | $22.4k | 32% | 27–45 | $25.5k – $133.2k |
| 2 | MedStar Georgetown Hospital Washington, DC | $153.6k | $162.1k | $43.2k | 27% | 20–65 | $53.7k – $251.9k |
| 3 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $51.9k | $49.4k | $14.3k | 29% | 19–46 | $21.7k – $72.1k |
| 4 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $137.9k | $138.4k | $36.0k | 26% | 15–33 | $79.3k – $184.7k |
| 5 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $79.3k | $160.5k | $112.7k | 70% | 12–120 | $11.5k – $346.0k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $79.3k | $79.6k | $11.7k | 15% | 10–100 | $42.4k – $99.1k |
| 7 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $80.5k | $80.8k | $12.7k | 16% | 10–100 | $42.8k – $105.1k |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $45.1k | $59.8k | $21.2k | 35% | 7–70 | $42.4k – $92.9k |
| 9 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $61.3k | $64.2k | $15.1k | 23% | 7–70 | $42.4k – $86.9k |
| 10 | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH | $53.8k | $83.0k | $54.9k | 66% | 7–70 | $20.8k – $219.7k |
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