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 Biopsy/Removal Lymph Nodes Open Superficial
Low
$0
Average
$5.0k
Median
$4.2k
High
$69.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $7.2k | $7.1k | $133 | 2% | 215 | $6.8k – $7.2k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $10.8k | $10.8k | — | — | 87 | $10.8k – $10.8k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | 75 | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $2.6k | $2.6k | $1.5k | 59% | 21–111 | $254 – $5.9k |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $1.7k | $2.3k | $1.7k | 75% | 19–190 | $550 – $6.8k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $2.6k | $3.1k | $793 | 25% | 10–100 | $2.6k – $4.3k |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $9.6k | $8.3k | $2.0k | 24% | 10–100 | $5.2k – $9.6k |
| 8 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $3.1k | $5.1k | $4.3k | 84% | 7–70 | $2.3k – $15.3k |
| 9 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $6.2k | $5.3k | $1.6k | 30% | 6–60 | $3.6k – $11.7k |
| 10 | Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital SIMPSONVILLE, SC | $3.7k | $3.9k | $459 | 12% | 6–60 | $3.6k – $6.9k |
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