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
REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF GROWTH OF TONGUE LYMPH NODE
Little Rock, AR
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Arkansas Childrens Hospital’s median price of $1.8k is 70% below the median hospital's median price ($5.8k), higher than 18% of the 1,532 hospitals reporting CPT 42870. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Aug 13, 2026
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