CPT 42400 · 1,276 hospitals reporting

Needle biopsy of saliva gland

The same procedure costs $52.15 at one hospital and $9,436 at another — a 181× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $900.

Cheapest published

$52.15

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

Median across 1,276 hospitals

$900

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

Most expensive

$9,436

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
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$2,244	$900	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$2,244	$900	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,244	$900	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$2,244	$900	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$2,244	$900	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$2,244	$900	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,498	$899	—	—	1 insurers
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,498	$899	—	—	1 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,460	$903	$1,722	$1,943	3 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,460	$903	$57.67	$5,592	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,007	$903	—	—	2 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$2,237	$895	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,452	$906	$72.09	$1,452	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,452	$906	$72.09	$1,452	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,452	$906	$72.09	$1,452	5 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,140	$906	$72.09	$3,140	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,178	$906	$72.09	$3,178	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$1,780	$908	$1,317	$1,602	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$1,780	$908	$704	$1,602	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$1,481	$889	—	—	1 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,770	$885	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$884	—	—	5 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$2,205	$882	—	—	4 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$2,205	$882	—	—	4 insurers
HENDERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$2,297	$919	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,297	$919	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,297	$919	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,297	$919	—	—	5 insurers
CENTENNIAL HILLS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,297	$919	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$2,297	$919	—	—	5 insurers
WEST HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$2,297	$919	—	—	5 insurers
RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,202	$881	—	—	2 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$3,947	$920	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$3,947	$920	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,465	$879	—	—	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,246	$876	—	—	1 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,494	$873	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,494	$873	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$2,494	$873	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$1,427	$870	$699	$1,327	5 insurers