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Original text from hospital filings
KNEE PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITH CC
Low
$500
Average
$23.3k
Median
$20.2k
High
$226.2k
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| 1 | Oro Valley Hospital LLC Tucson, AZ | $16.5k | $19.5k | $5.8k | 30% | 69–105 | $1.1k – $46.4k |
| 2 | Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN | $23.7k | $23.1k | $7.8k | 34% | 24–78 | $1.2k – $47.4k |
| 3 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA | $16.6k | $23.1k | $13.0k | 57% | 19–82 | $548 – $116.9k |
| 4 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $34.6k | $38.4k | $19.5k | 51% | 13–130 | $16.4k – $79.8k |
| 5 | Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Plainsboro, NJ | $18.5k | $22.5k | $6.5k | 29% | 12–21 | $1.7k – $34.9k |
| 6 | Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, OH | $16.7k | $24.5k | $13.2k | 54% | 12–120 | $10.8k – $46.1k |
| 7 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL | $13.9k | $11.5k | $5.8k | 50% | 9–90 | $550 – $24.3k |
| 8 | Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA | $40.1k | $36.1k | $17.4k | 48% | 9–90 | $2.4k – $57.1k |
| 9 | West Chester Hospital, LLC West Chester, OH | $14.9k | $14.5k | $6.2k | 43% | 9–90 | $260 – $21.9k |
| 10 | Bethesda Hospital Inc. Cincinnati, OH | $23.5k | $26.1k | $10.2k | 39% | 9–90 | $15.5k – $40.7k |
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