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
$1.7k
Median
$1.6k
High
$10.6k
Each hospital's average Optum rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
233 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 7.8× 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 Optum 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 Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $7.6k | $7.6k | $6.4k | 85% | 56 | $1.2k – $14.0k |
| 2 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA case rate · both | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 54 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 3 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · outpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 6–60 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 5–50 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 5 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 5–50 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | ARH Tug Valley Health Services, Inc. Prestonsburg, KY other · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 3–30 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 7 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Beckley, WV other · outpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 8 | WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER MONTEBELLO, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 9 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $1.7k | $1.8k | $79 | 4% | 1–10 | $1.7k – $1.9k |
| 10 | METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN other · both | 1 | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 11 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc. Watertown, SD fee schedule · inpatient | 6 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 12 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc. Watertown, SD fee schedule · outpatient | 6 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 13 | ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC 1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HWY case rate · outpatient | 1 | $1.5k | $1.7k | $319 | 19% | — | $1.5k – $2.2k |
| 14 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $842 | $842 | — | — | — | $842 – $842 |
| 15 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 16 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 17 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $57 | $57 | $16 | 28% | — | $41 – $74 |
| 18 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $371 | $371 | — | — | — | $371 – $371 |
| 19 | Acadia Hospital Bangor, ME facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 20 | Acadia Hospital Bangor, ME professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $148 | $155 | $57 | 37% | — | $87 – $237 |
| 21 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 22 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $13.0k | $13.0k | — | — | — | $13.0k – $13.0k |
| 23 | Alta Newport Hospital, LLC Tustin, CA facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $1.6k | $1.6k | $16 | 1% | — | $1.6k – $1.7k |
| 24 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Middlesboro, KY other · outpatient | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 25 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hazard, KY other · outpatient | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
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