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
Low
$1
Average
$276
Median
$182
High
$6.6k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $206 | $216 | $97 | 45% | 507–822 | $97 – $432 |
| 2 | Oneida Health ONEIDA, NY | $96 | $150 | $97 | 64% | 172–280 | $62 – $540 |
| 3 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA | $201 | $201 | $2 | 1% | 127 | $199 – $203 |
| 4 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $728 | $728 | — | — | 96–123 | $728 – $728 |
| 5 | Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Colorado Springs, CO | $205 | $195 | $89 | 46% | 91–154 | $26 – $321 |
| 6 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $213 | $227 | $107 | 47% | 91–172 | $90 – $378 |
| 7 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL | $175 | $196 | $107 | 55% | 65 | $68 – $364 |
| 8 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN | $318 | $334 | $174 | 52% | 50–185 | $95 – $569 |
| 9 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN | $170 | $313 | $220 | 70% | 42–204 | $95 – $613 |
| 10 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Concord, NC | $270 | $270 | — | — | 32 | $270 – $270 |
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