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 BIOPSY/EXCISION LYMPH NODE NEEDLE SUPERFICIAL
Maplewood, MN
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HealthEast St John's Hospital’s median price of $1.6k is 8% below the median hospital's median price ($1.8k), higher than 39% of the 2,283 hospitals reporting CPT 38505. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Feb 5, 2026
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