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 Core Needle Bx Lung/Mediastinum Perq W/Img
Low
$1
Average
$3.9k
Median
$3.3k
High
$29.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $2.3k | $2.3k | $119 | 5% | 96 | $2.1k – $2.4k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $2.3k | $2.3k | $119 | 5% | 70 | $2.1k – $2.4k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $2.3k | $2.3k | $119 | 5% | 64 | $2.1k – $2.4k |
| 4 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 64–82 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 5 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 6 | Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $2.1k | $1.9k | $550 | 28% | 53–305 | $1.0k – $2.6k |
| 7 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $2.3k | $2.3k | $119 | 5% | 46 | $2.1k – $2.4k |
| 8 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $1.6k | $1.7k | $256 | 15% | 19–55 | $1.6k – $2.2k |
| 9 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $1.6k | $1.7k | $256 | 15% | 19–55 | $1.6k – $2.2k |
| 10 | Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY | $1.6k | $2.4k | $1.4k | 60% | 12–120 | $725 – $5.1k |
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