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Original text from hospital filings
LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITHOUT CC/MCC
Low
$56
Average
$25.6k
Median
$23.8k
High
$91.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $26.7k | $26.8k | $3.9k | 15% | 200 | $14.3k – $33.4k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $20.6k | $21.6k | $5.1k | 23% | 105 | $14.3k – $29.2k |
| 3 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $16.0k | $18.4k | $3.9k | 21% | 77 | $14.3k – $24.5k |
| 4 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $23.2k | $23.4k | $6.4k | 27% | 64–91 | $8.6k – $44.8k |
| 5 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $19.6k | $20.8k | $4.3k | 21% | 36–108 | $11.5k – $28.8k |
| 6 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $31.3k | $38.6k | $23.4k | 61% | 21–57 | $350 – $63.8k |
| 7 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $31.3k | $38.6k | $23.4k | 61% | 21–57 | $350 – $63.8k |
| 8 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY | $27.5k | $28.5k | $3.0k | 10% | 15–51 | $23.7k – $35.5k |
| 9 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $28.3k | $47.8k | $32.9k | 69% | 10–100 | $11.5k – $113.7k |
| 10 | Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA | $37.2k | $33.4k | $10.4k | 31% | 10–100 | $17.8k – $51.0k |
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