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
BIOPSY OF LUNG LINING USING AN ENDOSCOPE FACILITY
Low
$0
Average
$5.7k
Median
$5.9k
High
$35k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $7.3k | $7.4k | $308 | 4% | 6–60 | $7.0k – $8.0k |
| 2 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | 5–50 | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | 5–50 | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 4 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $6.1k | $6.1k | $128 | 2% | 3–30 | $6.1k – $6.4k |
| 5 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $9.2k | $9.2k | — | — | 3–30 | $9.2k – $9.2k |
| 6 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO | $6.1k | $6.1k | $128 | 2% | 2–20 | $6.1k – $6.4k |
| 7 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | 2–20 | $7.7k – $7.7k |
| 8 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $5.8k | $6.0k | $699 | 12% | 2–20 | $5.4k – $10.5k |
| 9 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $5.8k | $6.0k | $699 | 12% | 2–20 | $5.4k – $10.5k |
| 10 | Memorial Hospital Belleville, IL | $6.1k | $6.1k | $128 | 2% | 2–20 | $6.1k – $6.4k |
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