Suppose That the 1999 Monthly Cost for Health Care for an Employee

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Suppose that the 1999 monthly cost for health care for an employee and two dependents is given in the following table.
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$\begin{array}{ll}{\text { Provider }} & \text { Cost } \\\text { Maxicare } & \$ 427.23 \\\text { Cigna } & \$ 434.84 \\\text { Health Net } & \$ 439.97 \\\text { Pacific Care } & \$ 444.92 \\\text { Health Plan of the Redwoods } \$ 449.51 \\\text { Kaiser } & \$ 453.14 \\\text { Aetna U.S. Healthcare } & \$ 459.32 \\\text { Blue Shield HMO } & \$ 463.63 \\\text { Omni Healthcare } & \$ 469.23 \\\text { Lifeguard } & \$ 474.71\end{array}$
Round your answer to two decimal places. What is the median? $ __________

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