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Original text from hospital filings
LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES EXCEPT HIP AND FEMUR WITH CC
Low
$56
Average
$25.1k
Median
$22.7k
High
$100.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $19.0k | $19.8k | $2.5k | 13% | 19–55 | $14.8k – $24.8k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $24.0k | $24.1k | $3.5k | 15% | 10–100 | $12.8k – $30.0k |
| 3 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ | $16.2k | $25.3k | $11.8k | 47% | 8–80 | $14.3k – $51.7k |
| 4 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ | $16.2k | $25.3k | $11.8k | 47% | 8–80 | $14.3k – $51.7k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $27.0k | $27.5k | $4.3k | 16% | 7–70 | $12.8k – $33.8k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $13.7k | $18.1k | $6.4k | 35% | 7–70 | $12.8k – $28.1k |
| 7 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $21.4k | $22.5k | $2.5k | 11% | 7–70 | $12.9k – $26.2k |
| 8 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $18.6k | $19.4k | $4.6k | 23% | 7–70 | $12.8k – $26.3k |
| 9 | The Toledo Hospital Toledo, OH | $27.5k | $24.6k | $7.1k | 29% | 3–30 | $1.7k – $32.4k |
| 10 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY | $24.9k | $26.0k | $2.5k | 10% | 3–30 | $22.9k – $35.1k |
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