Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITH CC
Low
$0
Average
$5.3k
Median
$3.2k
High
$220.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infirmary Health Thomas Fairhope, AL | $1.4k | $2.2k | $1.3k | 57% | 17–170 | $1.1k – $29.4k |
| 2 | Infirmary Health Long Term Acute Care Mobile, AL | $2.5k | $2.1k | $771 | 37% | 13–130 | $1.0k – $77.2k |
| 3 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $3.3k | $4.6k | $5.8k | 126% | 10–100 | $330 – $21.1k |
| 4 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Canton, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 7–70 | $1.1k – $23.8k |
| 5 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 2–20 | $1.1k – $23.8k |
| 6 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Duluth, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 2–20 | $1.1k – $23.8k |
| 7 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Cumming, GA | $4.6k | $4.8k | $1.5k | 31% | 2–20 | $1.1k – $23.8k |
| 8 | Carlsbad Medical Center LLC Carlsbad, NM | $934 | $972 | $607 | 62% | 1–10 | $366 – $41.0k |
| 9 | Las Cruces Medical Center LLC Las Cruces, NM | $1.1k | $1.1k | $133 | 12% | 1–10 | $35 – $40.0k |
| 10 | The Mercy Hospital Inc Springfield, MA | $5.8k | $5.9k | $1.6k | 27% | 1–10 | $3.5k – $27.6k |
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