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MAJOR THUMB OR JOINT PROCEDURES
Low
$56
Average
$19.0k
Median
$17.2k
High
$73.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $17.9k | $18.0k | $2.6k | 15% | 10–100 | $9.6k – $22.4k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $13.9k | $14.5k | $3.4k | 23% | 7–70 | $9.6k – $19.7k |
| 3 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $23.2k | $38.6k | $26.2k | 68% | 3–30 | $10.0k – $90.4k |
| 4 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI | $24.1k | $23.8k | $1.6k | 7% | 3–30 | $942 – $26.5k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $10.1k | $10.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $10.1k – $10.4k |
| 6 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Holmdel, NJ | $13.4k | $24.0k | $16.2k | 67% | 2–20 | $6.5k – $59.7k |
| 7 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Brick, NJ | $15.8k | $26.2k | $15.0k | 57% | 2–20 | $10.7k – $57.4k |
| 8 | WA Foote Memorial Hospital Jackson, MI | $10.9k | $15.2k | $6.4k | 42% | 2–20 | $10.8k – $28.4k |
| 9 | Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, INC Jacksonville, FL | $19.3k | $20.5k | $8.0k | 39% | 2–20 | $10.5k – $38.3k |
| 10 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Knoxville, TN | $10.7k | $10.7k | $4.3k | 40% | 1–10 | $1.0k – $27.5k |
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