CPT 27323 · 1,066 hospitals reporting

Biopsy, soft tissue of thigh or knee area; superficial

The same procedure costs $105 at one hospital and $24,185 at another — a 231× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,700.

Cheapest published

$105

13 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,066 hospitals

$1,700

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$24,185

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

265 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$2,000	$1,700	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$6,183	$1,688	$776	$5,998	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$6,183	$1,688	$776	$5,998	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,056	$1,681	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$5,873	$1,727	$4,229	$4,816	2 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$7,414	$1,650	$480	$5,931	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,758	$822	$3,441	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,758	$822	$2,934	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$1,758	$822	$2,934	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$6,183	$1,624	$776	$4,946	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,569	$1,782	—	—	3 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$4,243	$1,796	$619	$4,243	5 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$5,009	$1,803	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$2,899	$1,594	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,410	$1,808	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$2,410	$1,808	—	—	0 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$2,410	$1,808	—	—	1 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL	KS	$2,445	$1,555	$155	$2,445	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$2,445	$1,555	$400	$2,445	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$7,071	$1,847	$520	$6,718	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$4,850	$1,854	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,727	$1,527	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,008	$1,506	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$3,803	$1,902	$426	$3,602	5 insurers