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 Needle Superficial|BILATERAL PROCEDURE
Low
$1
Average
$1.9k
Median
$1.7k
High
$12.4k
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| 1 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY | $314 | $1.3k | $2.3k | 170% | 263–272 | $37 – $9.8k |
| 2 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Harrison, NY | $324 | $1.3k | $2.3k | 170% | 263–272 | $37 – $9.7k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $421 | $421 | — | — | 170 | $421 – $421 |
| 4 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ | $438 | $1.7k | $2.6k | 154% | 169–205 | $94 – $9.8k |
| 5 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ | $438 | $1.7k | $2.6k | 154% | 169–205 | $94 – $8.9k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $801 | $801 | — | — | 112 | $801 – $801 |
| 7 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $1.7k | $2.0k | $1.1k | 57% | 70–88 | $77 – $3.7k |
| 8 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center Greenfield, MA | $2.7k | $2.5k | $429 | 17% | 45–450 | $1.3k – $2.7k |
| 9 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Boise, ID | $5.0k | $5.6k | $2.4k | 44% | 39–111 | $1.8k – $9.8k |
| 10 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $1.8k | $2.0k | $1.1k | 54% | 30–102 | $175 – $6.8k |
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