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
PR BIOPSY/EXCISION, LYMPH NODE(S)
Meridian, MS
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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $1.1k is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 22% 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: 11 payers, 22 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 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $208 | $208 | $21 | 10% | — | $188 – $229 |
| 2 | Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $229 | $229 | — | — | — | $229 – $229 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $229 | $229 | — | — | — | $229 – $229 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $229 | $229 | — | — | — | $229 – $229 |
| 5 | Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $320 | $320 | — | — | — | $320 – $320 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $382 | $382 | — | — | — | $382 – $382 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $636 | $501 | $192 | 38% | — | $229 – $636 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $517 | $517 | — | — | — | $517 – $517 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $550 | $550 | — | — | — | $550 – $550 |
| 10 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $231 | $1.1k | $1.2k | 113% | — | $206 – $2.8k |
| 11 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 12 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.7k | $2.2k | 83% | — | $347 – $5.1k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.7k | $576 | 21% | — | $2.3k – $3.5k |
| 14 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 15 | Cigna Healthspring all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 16 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 17 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 18 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 19 | Molina all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 20 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 21 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 22 | Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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