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
Biopsy Lip
Low
$0
Average
$743
Median
$275
High
$35k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $253 | $243 | $31 | 13% | 16–160 | $206 – $276 |
| 2 | Samaritan Medical Center Watertown, NY | $294 | $258 | $58 | 22% | 15–150 | $176 – $303 |
| 3 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $208 | $292 | $162 | 55% | 8–80 | $181 – $570 |
| 4 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 7–70 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 5 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $287 | $290 | $12 | 4% | 6–60 | $273 – $314 |
| 6 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA | $276 | $257 | $27 | 11% | 6–60 | $206 – $276 |
| 7 | Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hopkinsville, KY | $177 | $152 | $57 | 38% | 5–50 | $57 – $223 |
| 8 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA | $275 | $335 | $130 | 39% | 5–50 | $262 – $676 |
| 9 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $225 | $191 | $60 | 31% | 4–40 | $87 – $227 |
| 10 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN | $250 | $250 | — | — | 4–40 | $250 – $250 |
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