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
$10
Average
$2.7k
Median
$2.0k
High
$15.2k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1320 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 6.0× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $2.1k | $2.6k | $3.4k | 133% | 680 | $311 – $14.7k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $2.2k | $4.9k | $4.9k | 100% | 634 | $523 – $16.7k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $4.5k | $5.1k | $4.5k | 88% | 504 | $650 – $14.0k |
| 4 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX other · outpatient | 3 | $2.4k | $2.3k | $239 | 10% | 128–137 | $2.0k – $2.6k |
| 5 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $349 | $332 | $58 | 17% | 116 | $241 – $391 |
| 6 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $331 | $315 | $55 | 17% | 116 | $228 – $370 |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $969 | $1.1k | $356 | 32% | 113–122 | $787 – $1.6k |
| 8 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 85 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 9 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | 60 | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 10 | High Point Regional Health High Point, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $819 | $781 | $133 | 17% | 51 | $570 – $915 |
| 11 | Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Inc. Zion, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $876 | $1.0k | $207 | 20% | 39 | $876 – $1.3k |
| 12 | Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Peoria, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.0k | $1.0k | $34 | 3% | 36 | $979 – $1.1k |
| 13 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 34 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 14 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $4.1k | $4.0k | $590 | 15% | 32–50 | $3.1k – $4.9k |
| 15 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID other · outpatient | 2 | $1.8k | $2.2k | $1.3k | 62% | 31–40 | $720 – $4.3k |
| 16 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ other · outpatient | 3 | $4.6k | $4.6k | $62 | 1% | 30–48 | $4.5k – $4.6k |
| 17 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $1.6k | $1.9k | $747 | 39% | 30–48 | $1.2k – $3.0k |
| 18 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 10 | $3.0k | $2.6k | $867 | 33% | 27–36 | $683 – $3.2k |
| 19 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | 27–36 | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 20 | Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Inc. Newnan, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $967 | $1.1k | $228 | 20% | 27 | $967 – $1.5k |
| 21 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $7.8k | $7.8k | $164 | 2% | 26–152 | $7.7k – $8.0k |
| 22 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | 26–53 | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 23 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 18 | $2.4k | $2.9k | $761 | 26% | 24–105 | $2.0k – $4.2k |
| 24 | Carle BroMenn Medical Center Normal, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.0k | $2.0k | $158 | 8% | 23 | $1.8k – $2.1k |
| 25 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $385 | $385 | — | — | 18–180 | $385 – $385 |
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