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
HC NEEDLE LOCALIZATION LUNG
Low
$1
Average
$3.7k
Median
$2.7k
High
$21.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $7.3k | $7.3k | $385 | 5% | 2–20 | $6.9k – $7.7k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $1.4k | $1.4k | $74 | 5% | 2–20 | $1.3k – $1.5k |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $704 | $704 | $37 | 5% | 2–20 | $667 – $741 |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $1.4k | $1.4k | $74 | 5% | 2–20 | $1.3k – $1.5k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $695 | $695 | — | — | 1–10 | $695 – $695 |
| 7 | Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery CHRISTIANSBURG, VA | $11.6k | $9.7k | $4.2k | 43% | — | $2.0k – $12.9k |
| 8 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $501 | $501 | $24 | 5% | — | $477 – $525 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $2.2k | $2.0k | $615 | 31% | — | $770 – $2.8k |
| 10 | Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, WI | $2.1k | $3.3k | $4.2k | 130% | — | $1.2k – $19k |
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