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
HB Bronchoscopy/Needle Bx Each
Based on 18,694–30,619 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$82
Average
$4.7k
Median
$4.1k
High
$35.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $3.1k | $14.3k | $15.6k | 110% | 3,444 | $302 – $45.2k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $4.8k | $19.1k | $23.0k | 121% | 2,757–2,766 | $161 – $70.0k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $3.6k | $16.5k | $21.4k | 130% | 2,632 | $386 – $61.8k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $5.7k | $11.4k | $12.3k | 108% | 2,491–2,500 | $692 – $45.6k |
| 5 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $3.5k | $4.3k | $4.3k | 100% | 414–612 | $708 – $18.1k |
| 6 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $3.5k | $4.3k | $4.3k | 100% | 414–612 | $708 – $18.1k |
| 7 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $9.7k | $12.9k | $11.4k | 88% | 342–423 | $153 – $29.4k |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $3.4k | $3.1k | $2.7k | 86% | 274–373 | $124 – $11.2k |
| 9 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $3.6k | $5.4k | $6.6k | 123% | 259–376 | $708 – $23.8k |
| 10 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $3.6k | $5.4k | $6.6k | 123% | 259–376 | $708 – $23.8k |
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