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 Needle Biopsy Chest Lining
Low
$1
Average
$2.0k
Median
$1.6k
High
$25k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $4.5k | $8.4k | $8.2k | 97% | 195–582 | $354 – $25.7k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $1.5k | $4.2k | $4.8k | 116% | 43–430 | $104 – $15.5k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $3.2k | $4.8k | $4.0k | 83% | 33–330 | $511 – $12.2k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $2.7k | $8.1k | $8.5k | 106% | 29–290 | $226 – $25.7k |
| 5 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $3.4k | $11.0k | $12.5k | 113% | 21–210 | $566 – $37.3k |
| 6 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $2.5k | $1.8k | $902 | 49% | 6–60 | $375 – $2.8k |
| 7 | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ | $2.5k | $3.5k | $2.4k | 69% | 5–50 | $830 – $7.3k |
| 8 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $1.7k | $1.5k | $696 | 47% | 4–40 | $266 – $2.3k |
| 9 | Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington, TX | $1.3k | $1.3k | $297 | 23% | 3–30 | $674 – $1.7k |
| 10 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Monroe, NC | $830 | $848 | $436 | 51% | 3–30 | $213 – $1.6k |
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