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.
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HB Bx/Exc Lymph Node Needle Superficial
Low
$55
Average
$2.3k
Median
$1.8k
High
$69.5k
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iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $2.8k | $3.8k | $4.3k | 114% | 1,179 | $314 – $16.3k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $2.6k | $3.9k | $4.4k | 113% | 340 | $418 – $14.7k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $1.8k | $3.7k | $3.9k | 106% | 336 | $213 – $12.1k |
| 4 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.4k | $428 | 7% | 60 | $5.8k – $6.9k |
| 5 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Montvale, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.3k | $306 | 5% | 60 | $5.8k – $6.5k |
| 6 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hauppauge, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.3k | $306 | 5% | 60 | $5.8k – $6.5k |
| 7 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.3k | $306 | 5% | 60 | $5.8k – $6.5k |
| 8 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $466 | $602 | $315 | 52% | 52 | $339 – $1.2k |
| 9 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $441 | $571 | $299 | 52% | 52 | $321 – $1.2k |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $501 | $370 | $186 | 50% | 48 | $107 – $501 |
| 11 | HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT NEW BRITAIN D/B/A THE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT SOUTHINGTON, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $692 | $692 | — | — | 26 | $692 – $692 |
| 12 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 24 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 13 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.9k | $3.1k | $483 | 15% | 24 | $2.8k – $4.2k |
| 14 | THE WILLIAM W BACKUS HOSPITAL PLAINFIELD, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $692 | $692 | — | — | 24 | $692 – $692 |
| 15 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.5k | $1.8k | $444 | 24% | 23–104 | $800 – $2.3k |
| 16 | ST JOHNS HOSPITAL OF THE HOSPITAL SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS Springfield, IL fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 22 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 17 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA fee schedule · both | 4 | $1.3k | $1.2k | $207 | 17% | 17–35 | $812 – $1.3k |
| 18 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $1.3k | $1.2k | $207 | 17% | 17–35 | $812 – $1.3k |
| 19 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.7k | $1.7k | $188 | 11% | 11 | $1.5k – $1.9k |
| 20 | Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Christiansburg, VA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.0k | $2.9k | $840 | 29% | 10–100 | $1.2k – $3.8k |
| 21 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO other · outpatient | 2 | $9.7k | $9.7k | — | — | 6–60 | $9.7k – $9.7k |
| 22 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $385 | $385 | — | — | 6–60 | $385 – $385 |
| 23 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.1k | $2.2k | $450 | 21% | 6–60 | $1.5k – $2.8k |
| 24 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | 4–40 | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 25 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INIATIVES COLORADO Westminster, CO other · inpatient | 2 | $1.4k | $1.4k | $212 | 16% | 4–40 | $1.1k – $1.6k |
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