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 Bx/Exc Lymph Node Needle Superficial
Low
$0
Average
$2.1k
Median
$1.9k
High
$18.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $969 | $1.0k | $293 | 29% | 567–630 | $213 – $1.6k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 170 | $311 – $1.9k |
| 3 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX | $2.4k | $2.3k | $239 | 10% | 128–137 | $68 – $6.3k |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $1.6k | $1.6k | $714 | 44% | 114–600 | $58 – $5.7k |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN | $1.5k | $1.5k | $391 | 27% | 109–523 | $176 – $5.6k |
| 6 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN | $1.6k | $1.3k | $428 | 32% | 100–496 | $176 – $5.6k |
| 7 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $820 | $1.3k | $830 | 64% | 99–477 | $180 – $6.8k |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $1.4k | $1.3k | $513 | 38% | 86–473 | $58 – $5.6k |
| 9 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Boise, ID | $1.8k | $1.8k | $1.9k | 105% | 72–117 | $713 – $13.0k |
| 10 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $1.9k | $3.2k | $1.9k | 60% | 68–95 | $1.1k – $6.9k |
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