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
HC CYTO-FNA IMMED TC
Based on 5,227–14,488 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$12
Average
$258
Median
$178
High
$102.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $116 | $157 | $125 | 79% | 634–1,138 | $21 – $602 |
| 2 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Concord, NC | $165 | $157 | $117 | 75% | 398–497 | $20 – $388 |
| 3 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $224 | $382 | $284 | 74% | 258–303 | $46 – $875 |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $129 | $165 | $89 | 54% | 236–254 | $61 – $345 |
| 5 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $149 | $161 | $77 | 48% | 191–200 | $61 – $327 |
| 6 | Oneida Health ONEIDA, NY | $96 | $136 | $93 | 69% | 173–290 | $38 – $540 |
| 7 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA | $201 | $189 | $28 | 15% | 168–204 | $123 – $217 |
| 8 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $322 | $339 | $227 | 67% | 145–190 | $22 – $673 |
| 9 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $162 | $195 | $202 | 104% | 138–210 | $17 – $826 |
| 10 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $162 | $194 | $201 | 104% | 138–210 | $17 – $826 |
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