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
$0
Average
$26.2k
Median
$13.0k
High
$121.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $214 | $214 | — | — | 108 | $214 – $214 |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $34.6k | $29.0k | $8.5k | 29% | 44–440 | $6.7k – $48.7k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $36.5k | $34.5k | $13.3k | 39% | 25–250 | $6.2k – $48.7k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $4.8k | $6.6k | $2.9k | 44% | 17–170 | $2.5k – $13.0k |
| 5 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc WEXFORD, PA | $15.3k | $15.3k | — | — | 5–50 | $15.3k – $15.3k |
| 6 | Medical City Arlington RED OAK, TX | $17.3k | $17.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $400 – $25.8k |
| 7 | Northwest Sahurita Hospital LLC Tucson, AZ | $2.1k | $2.1k | $1.6k | 78% | 1–10 | $474 – $17.9k |
| 8 | Cocke County HMA, LLC Newport, TN | $2.7k | $2.7k | $1.2k | 45% | 1–10 | $1.0k – $17.9k |
| 9 | Metro Knoxville HMA LLC Powell, TN | $3.4k | $3.1k | $1.3k | 41% | 1–10 | $1.0k – $13.3k |
| 10 | Hanford Community Hospital Hanford, CA | $29.8k | $33.2k | $12.2k | 37% | 1–10 | $9.1k – $55.6k |
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