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 Open Deep Axillary Node
Based on 14,958–30,483 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$90
Average
$4.9k
Median
$4.2k
High
$57.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $18.6k | $29.8k | $25.6k | 86% | 3,329–3,338 | $1.3k – $80.8k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL | $8.8k | $18.3k | $17.5k | 96% | 2,610 | $1.8k – $68.9k |
| 3 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY | $1.5k | $1.8k | $2.0k | 106% | 1,060–1,069 | $194 – $12.4k |
| 4 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Harrison, NY | $1.5k | $1.9k | $2.0k | 106% | 1,060–1,069 | $194 – $12.4k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $10.6k | $23.8k | $21.0k | 88% | 902 | $2.2k – $67.5k |
| 6 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ | $2.3k | $2.5k | $2.0k | 79% | 737–764 | $262 – $11.4k |
| 7 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ | $2.3k | $2.5k | $2.0k | 79% | 737–764 | $262 – $11.4k |
| 8 | Oregon Health & Science University PORTLAND, OR | $7.6k | $9.0k | $6.5k | 72% | 718–1,717 | $3.9k – $37.5k |
| 9 | Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA | $5.5k | $6.2k | $2.8k | 46% | 348–528 | $2.1k – $15.7k |
| 10 | Dignity Community Care Chandler, AZ | $433 | $1.4k | $1.3k | 97% | 216 | $423 – $4.8k |
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