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
$26.4k
Median
$16.3k
High
$153.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $40.4k | $34.8k | $13.8k | 40% | 183–588 | $11.2k – $58.0k |
| 2 | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TN | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 20 | $2.4k – $25.8k |
| 3 | Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville, TN | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 20 | $2.0k – $25.8k |
| 4 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $29.6k | $28.5k | $9.9k | 35% | 19–190 | $8.0k – $37.0k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $11.9k | $10.2k | $3.5k | 34% | 17–170 | $2.5k – $22.6k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $40.6k | $38.6k | $12.1k | 31% | 14–140 | $8.5k – $52.4k |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL | $2.0k | $1.9k | $692 | 37% | 12–120 | $697 – $33.3k |
| 8 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $24.4k | $23.3k | $9.5k | 41% | 12–120 | $7.8k – $40.4k |
| 9 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $9.1k | $9.1k | $47 | 1% | 12–120 | $9.0k – $9.1k |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton, IL | $19.9k | $23.0k | $8.0k | 35% | 11–110 | $13.9k – $31.6k |
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