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
$34
Average
$1.5k
Median
$1.6k
High
$11.8k
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194 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 13.5× 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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234 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Medicare 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 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN other · both | 2 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 35 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 2 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN other · both | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 31 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 3 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 29 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 4 | John Muir Health Concord, CA other · outpatient | 3 | $2.3k | $2.9k | $834 | 29% | 23–41 | $2.3k – $4.1k |
| 5 | John Muir Health Concord, CA other · both | 3 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 21 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 6 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA other · both | 1 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | 20 | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 7 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC other · both | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 20 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 8 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC other · both | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 20 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 9 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA other · both | 3 | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 17 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 10 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA other · outpatient | 3 | $4.1k | $3.5k | $834 | 24% | 17 | $2.3k – $4.1k |
| 11 | Reid Health Richmond, IN other · both | 3 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 16 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 12 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 12 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 13 | DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DELTA, CO other · outpatient | 1 | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 12 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 14 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE, IN other · both | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 12 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 15 | St. Charles Bend Bend, OR other · both | 1 | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 12 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 16 | St. Charles Redmond Redmond, OR other · both | 1 | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 12 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 17 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $542 | $542 | $120 | 22% | 2–20 | $421 – $662 |
| 18 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INIATIVES COLORADO Westminster, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $996 | $996 | — | — | 2–20 | $996 – $996 |
| 19 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Lakewood, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $741 | $741 | — | — | 2–20 | $741 – $741 |
| 20 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Colorado Springs, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $970 | $970 | — | — | 2–20 | $970 – $970 |
| 21 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH DYER DYER, IN other · both | 3 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 22 | LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL Longmont, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $862 | $862 | — | — | 2–20 | $862 – $862 |
| 23 | MVHS, Inc. Utica, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 24 | OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HOSPITAL STARKVILLE, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 25 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL professional · other · outpatient | 1 | $164 | $164 | — | — | 1–10 | $164 – $164 |
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