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Original text from hospital filings
CRANIOTOMY FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA
Based on 820–4,168 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$56
Average
$75.9k
Median
$71.3k
High
$796.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc PITTSBURGH, PA | $51.7k | $57.4k | $51.7k | 90% | 348–402 | $160 – $165.2k |
| 2 | Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA | $46.5k | $42.5k | $28.6k | 67% | 49–58 | $1.3k – $81.0k |
| 3 | Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville, TN | $87.0k | $91.5k | $36.2k | 40% | 29 | $15.3k – $143.9k |
| 4 | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TN | $88.7k | $91.9k | $35.9k | 39% | 29 | $15.9k – $143.9k |
| 5 | SSM-SLUH, Inc. Saint Louis, MO | $70.0k | $91.0k | $42.2k | 46% | 13–130 | $58.3k – $246.9k |
| 6 | Harborview Medical Center Seattle, WA | $120.8k | $167.1k | $159.4k | 95% | 12–120 | $61.9k – $1020.4k |
| 7 | Oregon Health & Science University PORTLAND, OR | $72.3k | $110.9k | $91.7k | 83% | 11–110 | $42.6k – $382.1k |
| 8 | University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC Cincinnati, OH | $74.0k | $91.8k | $26.4k | 29% | 9–90 | $63.4k – $129.6k |
| 9 | Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH | $55.0k | $95.7k | $86.7k | 91% | 8–80 | $38.7k – $384.3k |
| 10 | Orlando Health, Inc. Orlando, FL | $84.1k | $95.4k | $40.3k | 42% | 7–70 | $57.1k – $203.5k |
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