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 Bx/Exc Lymph Node Super Open
Covington, GA
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Piedmont Newton’s median price of $3.3k is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 35% of the 2,079 hospitals reporting CPT 38500. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 14 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 | Caresource caresource medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 2 | Phcs phcs fee schedule · both | $2k | $2k | — | — | — | $2k – $2k |
| 3 | Cigna cigna connect fee schedule · both | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 4 | Aetna aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 5 | Aetna aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare exchange fee schedule · both | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 7 | Cigna cigna fee schedule · both | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare fee schedule · both | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross hmo fee schedule · both | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ppo fee schedule · both | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 11 | First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 12 | Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $7.4k | $7.4k | — | — | — | $7.4k – $7.4k |
| 13 | Beechstreet beechstreet percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 14 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
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