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
38520P BIOPSY/REMOVAL LYMPH NODES
Schenectady, NY
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Ellis Hospital’s median price of $4.9k is 24% above the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 71% of the 1,546 hospitals reporting CPT 38520. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 7 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 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 3 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 4 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 5 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | $2.6k | 63% | — | $1.5k – $6.7k |
| 6 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | $749 | 13% | — | $4.9k – $6.4k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield senior facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.9k | $5.9k | $798 | 14% | — | $5.1k – $6.7k |
Last updated: Jun 25, 2026
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