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 CYTP LAB EVALUATION OF FNA SMEAR FIRST
Low
$0
Average
$253
Median
$189
High
$7.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Concord, NC | $214 | $216 | $103 | 48% | 366–465 | $50 – $388 |
| 2 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $637 | $554 | $266 | 48% | 256–283 | $103 – $875 |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $139 | $186 | $84 | 45% | 235–244 | $76 – $345 |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $134 | $179 | $81 | 45% | 191–200 | $72 – $327 |
| 5 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $673 | $544 | $171 | 31% | 145–190 | $188 – $673 |
| 6 | NYU Langone New York, NY | $321 | $256 | $118 | 46% | 135–189 | $4 – $411 |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $260 | $253 | $94 | 37% | 127–316 | $96 – $391 |
| 8 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Paducah, KY | $111 | $119 | $38 | 32% | 111–120 | $74 – $210 |
| 9 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC | $140 | $129 | $52 | 41% | 93–219 | $25 – $200 |
| 10 | High Point Regional Health High Point, NC | $142 | $162 | $77 | 48% | 90–171 | $43 – $314 |
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