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        <issuerName>NEOGENOMICS INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>BALLIET JENNIFER</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>12701 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE SUITE 9</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FORT MYERS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33913</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP and Chief Culture Officer</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On May 4, 2015, Jennifer Balliet was granted 120,000 stock options.  The options vest ratably over the first three anniversary dates of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On April 20, 2016, Jennifer Balliet was granted 50,000 stock options.  These options vest ratably over the first three anniversary dates of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">On April 28, 2017, Jennifer Balliet was granted 60,000 stock options. The options vest ratably over the first three anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each restricted stock unit represents the contingent right to receive one share of common stock upon vesting of the unit.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Restricted stock will vest as follows; 6,666 units will vest on May 25, 2018  and 6,667 units will vest on May 25, 2019 and 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">These restricted stock units will terminate upon the earliest of death, termination of employment or the last vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">On February 26, 2018, Jennifer Balliet was granted 72,500 stock options which vested ratably over the first three anniversary dates of the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Jennifer Balliet</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-02-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
