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
Bx/Exc Lymph Node Open Superficial
Based on 6,297–14,118 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$88
Average
$4.7k
Median
$4.1k
High
$38.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $22.5k | $29.9k | $24.7k | 83% | 2,880 | $425 – $82.7k |
| 2 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $9.0k | $16.6k | $17.2k | 104% | 1,290 | $1.6k – $56.1k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $9.8k | $15.6k | $13.0k | 83% | 780 | $1.4k – $44.0k |
| 4 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY | $1.6k | $2.6k | $2.8k | 106% | 129–156 | $116 – $12.4k |
| 5 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Harrison, NY | $1.6k | $2.6k | $2.7k | 106% | 129–156 | $116 – $12.4k |
| 6 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ | $1.6k | $3.1k | $2.8k | 90% | 93–111 | $293 – $11.4k |
| 7 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ | $1.6k | $3.2k | $2.9k | 90% | 93–111 | $293 – $11.4k |
| 8 | Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON, FL | $6.4k | $6.1k | $3.5k | 58% | 57–273 | $1.6k – $12.1k |
| 9 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $9.8k | $14.9k | $11.3k | 76% | 41–410 | $1.8k – $37.6k |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $9.6k | $21.2k | $22.7k | 107% | 41–410 | $784 – $76.7k |
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