CPT 27324 · 1,022 hospitals reporting

Biopsy thigh soft tissues

The same procedure costs $183 at one hospital and $15,116 at another — a 83× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,578.

Cheapest published

$183

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

Median across 1,022 hospitals

$2,578

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

Most expensive

$15,116

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

Price distribution

209 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
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$3,106	$2,578	—	—	2 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$4,275	$2,565	—	—	5 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$3,662	$2,563	—	—	5 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$3,543	$2,657	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$6,183	$2,473	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,083	$2,467	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$10,745	$2,857	$776	$8,596	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$6,053	$2,903	$392	$6,053	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$8,326	$2,914	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,444	$2,239	—	—	3 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$10,745	$2,969	$776	$10,422	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$10,745	$2,969	$776	$10,422	5 insurers
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,869	$2,985	—	—	2 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$6,371	$2,166	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$3,008	$3,008	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$3,008	$3,008	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,826	$2,105	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,000	$2,100	$2,109	$5,655	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,000	$2,100	$2,007	$6,540	4 insurers
TMC- BONHAM HOSPITAL	TX	$6,993	$2,098	—	—	4 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$5,000	$2,000	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$5,000	$2,000	—	—	5 insurers