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 OR EXCISION OF LYMPH NODE(S); OPEN, INGUINOFEMORAL NODE(S)
Erie, PA
Price type
UPMC Hamot’s median price of $4.3k is 7% above the median hospital's median price ($4.0k), higher than 56% of the 1,978 hospitals reporting CPT 38531. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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