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/REMOVAL LYMPH NODES
Long Beach, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $4.9k is 24% above the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 72% of the 2,084 hospitals reporting CPT 38525. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 16 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $212 | $212 | — | — | — | $212 – $212 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $254 | $254 | — | — | — | $254 – $254 |
| 3 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $254 | $254 | — | — | — | $254 – $254 |
| 4 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $374 | $374 | — | — | — | $374 – $374 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 6 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 7 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 9 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 10 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 11 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 12 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 14 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|trauma fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 16 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $8.5k | $8.5k | — | — | — | $8.5k – $8.5k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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