CPT 32400 · 1,259 hospitals reporting

Needle biopsy chest lining

The same procedure costs $77.56 at one hospital and $13,852 at another — a 179× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,473.

Cheapest published

$77.56

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

Median across 1,259 hospitals

$1,473

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

Most expensive

$13,852

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

Price distribution

500 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
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$3,786	$1,473	$416	$3,105	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$3,786	$1,473	$82.14	$10,369	5 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,677	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES	ND	$3,677	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,677	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$3,677	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$3,663	$1,465	—	—	0 insurers
DLP SWAIN COUNTY HOSPITAL LLC	NC	$3,663	$1,465	—	—	0 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$3,738	$1,495	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$3,738	$1,495	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$3,738	$1,495	—	—	3 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$3,738	$1,495	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$3,738	$1,495	—	—	3 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$2,991	$1,496	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$2,991	$1,496	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$2,626	$1,444	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,014	$1,507	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,014	$1,507	—	—	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$2,384	$1,431	$141	$3,357	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$2,384	$1,431	$401	$5,876	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,805	$1,431	$2,076	$2,525	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,805	$1,431	$1,620	$2,803	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH OCALA	FL	$2,528	$1,517	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$2,761	$1,519	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,761	$1,519	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$2,761	$1,519	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,500	$1,400	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,500	$1,400	—	—	5 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$5,232	$1,549	$4,238	$4,238	3 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$5,232	$1,549	$167	$4,238	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,583	$1,550	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL	KS	$4,641	$1,555	$296	$3,945	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$5,372	$1,555	$66.72	$4,963	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$3,557	$1,387	—	—	1 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$3,463	$1,385	—	—	5 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,519	$1,379	$154	$6,120	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$1,575	$1,575	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,712	$1,369	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,712	$1,369	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,067	$1,586	—	—	3 insurers