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Original text from hospital filings
MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC
Based on 37,602–85,563 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$56
Average
$12.3k
Median
$11.3k
High
$99.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $39.9k | $31.5k | $10.4k | 33% | 3,155 | $8.4k – $43.6k |
| 2 | Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach, CA | $833 | $5.0k | $6.7k | 133% | 2,177–2,285 | $132 – $29.2k |
| 3 | River Oaks Hospital LLC Flowood, MS | $7.3k | $7.6k | $3.3k | 43% | 1,825–1,861 | $1.0k – $14.5k |
| 4 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $14.0k | $20.6k | $14.3k | 70% | 1,729 | $6.9k – $46.2k |
| 5 | Wesley Health System LLC Hattiesburg, MS | $7.5k | $7.9k | $3.7k | 47% | 1,717–1,789 | $1.0k – $14.7k |
| 6 | Natchez Hospital Company LLC Natchez, MS | $8.3k | $7.6k | $4.4k | 58% | 1,616–1,670 | $1.0k – $17.9k |
| 7 | Vicksburg Healthcare LLC Vicksburg, MS | $7.7k | $6.8k | $3.9k | 57% | 1,295–1,313 | $35 – $15.3k |
| 8 | Infirmary Health Mobile Mobile, AL | $7.8k | $8.6k | $6.4k | 74% | 1,276 | $330 – $28.5k |
| 9 | Infirmary Health Thomas Fairhope, AL | $7.5k | $8.2k | $6.5k | 80% | 1,030 | $1.1k – $29.7k |
| 10 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $7.1k | $8.2k | $10.2k | 124% | 960–1,230 | $160 – $46.8k |
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