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 WITHOUT CC/MCC
Low
$25
Average
$11.1k
Median
$10.2k
High
$67.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heritage Valley Sewickley MCKEES ROCKS, PA | $6.8k | $8.5k | $2.7k | 32% | 3–30 | $6.2k – $13.4k |
| 2 | St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX | $9.4k | $10.2k | $2.3k | 23% | 2–20 | $2.4k – $17.1k |
| 3 | Durant HMA LLC Durant, OK | $3.4k | $5.9k | $5.5k | 94% | 1–10 | $1.1k – $18.2k |
| 4 | Oregon Health & Science University PORTLAND, OR | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.6k – $39.4k |
| 5 | St. David's Round Rock Medical Center PFLUGERVILLE, TX | $8.0k | $9.1k | $2.2k | 25% | 1–10 | $800 – $16.0k |
| 6 | Saline Memorial Hospital Benton, AR | $8.2k | $8.1k | $425 | 5% | 1–10 | $6.3k – $9.0k |
| 7 | Medical Ctiy Argyle Argyle, TX | $10.3k | $12.3k | $4.1k | 34% | — | $927 – $26.3k |
| 8 | Medical City Alliance SAGINAW, TX | $10.7k | $13.1k | $4.4k | 33% | — | $2.4k – $26.3k |
| 9 | University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown Iowa City, IA | $6.3k | $6.3k | $119 | 2% | — | $5.4k – $19.8k |
| 10 | University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Iowa City, IA | $8.9k | $9.0k | $174 | 2% | — | $5.8k – $19.8k |
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