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Original text from hospital filings
CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC
Based on 3,846–16,383 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$890
Average
$55.5k
Median
$51.4k
High
$530.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $218.6k | $169.6k | $76.4k | 45% | 1,360 | $9.3k – $240.0k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $150.5k | $168.6k | $109.7k | 65% | 473 | $34.4k – $334.4k |
| 3 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc MONROEVILLE, PA | $36.1k | $35.5k | $19.0k | 53% | 228–282 | $355 – $82.2k |
| 4 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $36.5k | $36.6k | $23.6k | 64% | 180–396 | $160 – $101.3k |
| 5 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $58.3k | $59.2k | $25.6k | 43% | 79–151 | $1.2k – $140.2k |
| 6 | Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Long Beach, CA | $58.2k | $73.7k | $34.7k | 47% | 56–200 | $26.8k – $183.2k |
| 7 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $83.7k | $106.6k | $70.6k | 66% | 27–270 | $34.4k – $275.7k |
| 8 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $85.5k | $103.8k | $55.3k | 53% | 27–270 | $34.4k – $171.0k |
| 9 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $38.6k | $41.9k | $26.9k | 64% | 26–116 | $350 – $121.2k |
| 10 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $38.6k | $41.9k | $26.9k | 64% | 26–116 | $350 – $121.2k |
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