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Original text from hospital filings
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
Based on 5,451–24,441 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$56
Average
$19.0k
Median
$17.8k
High
$114.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $94.6k | $76.2k | $28.9k | 38% | 1,206 | $27.6k – $142.4k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $55.3k | $56.6k | $37.9k | 67% | 468 | $10.9k – $110.5k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $36.7k | $42.3k | $25.4k | 60% | 324 | $10.9k – $73.3k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $34.0k | $42.1k | $23.7k | 56% | 297 | $10.1k – $75.6k |
| 5 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $11.9k | $10.6k | $6.4k | 61% | 187 | $330 – $27.2k |
| 6 | Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA | $21.6k | $22.6k | $13.2k | 58% | 63–198 | $545 – $89.2k |
| 7 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL | $10.0k | $7.4k | $5.1k | 69% | 62–116 | $550 – $17.9k |
| 8 | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania D/B/A The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $17.2k | $23.1k | $16.8k | 73% | 62–233 | $545 – $101.7k |
| 9 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $19.2k | $22.6k | $9.1k | 40% | 59–257 | $4.4k – $52.3k |
| 10 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $18.3k | $17.6k | $6.6k | 37% | 56–137 | $1.2k – $38.3k |
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