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Original text from hospital filings
Septic Arthritis With Mcc
Low
$119
Average
$19.0k
Median
$16.4k
High
$332.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA | $9.3k | $10.2k | $7.6k | 74% | 5–50 | $3.9k – $24.7k |
| 2 | Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Long Beach, CA | $11.0k | $13.4k | $3.4k | 26% | 5–50 | $10.3k – $18.0k |
| 3 | MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach Long Beach, CA | $5.0k | $6.8k | $2.6k | 38% | 5–50 | $4.4k – $10.5k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $13.7k | $13.7k | — | — | 4–40 | $13.7k – $32.1k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $13.7k | $15.6k | $3.1k | 20% | 4–40 | $13.7k – $23.6k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $13.7k | $13.7k | — | — | 4–40 | $13.7k – $30.1k |
| 7 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Canton, GA | $16.4k | $17.7k | $3.7k | 21% | 4–40 | $1.1k – $39.5k |
| 8 | Providence Health And Services - Washington Everett, WA | $8.6k | $8.1k | $2.7k | 33% | 4–40 | $4.0k – $11.4k |
| 9 | Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX | $17.6k | $16.2k | $11.2k | 69% | 4–40 | $250 – $29.5k |
| 10 | Vassar Brothers Medical Center Poughkeepsie, NY | $16.5k | $16.4k | $1.1k | 7% | 4–40 | $14.8k – $17.8k |
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