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Biopsy of shoulder soft tissue, shallow

CPT 23065the billing code this page is about

Removal of a small sample of soft tissue from just under the skin of the shoulder area for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $1,624 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 574 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,456. Most fall between $411 and $2,832 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
574
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 574 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$264$542$1,624$2,383$3,657

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($264 vs $3,657).

How the prices are spread

$213 – $290: 49 hospitals$213$290 – $396: 31 hospitals$396 – $541: 35 hospitals$396$541 – $738: 42 hospitals$738 – $1,007: 35 hospitals$738$1,007 – $1,374: 39 hospitals$1,374 – $1,875: 79 hospitals$1,374$1,875 – $2,559: 109 hospitals$2,559 – $3,492: 55 hospitals$2,559$3,492 – $4,765: 44 hospitals$3,492median $1,624price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (518 of 574 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$213$29049
$290$39631
$396$54135
$541$73842
$738$1,00735
$1,007$1,37439
$1,374$1,87579
$1,875$2,559109
$2,559$3,49255
$3,492$4,76544

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,624
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,624.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $687 across 17 hospitalsWA$687Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $343 across 18 hospitalsIL$343Wisconsin: median $1,161 across 23 hospitalsWI$1,161Michigan: median $1,637 across 10 hospitalsMI$1,637New York: median $1,917 across 26 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $600 across 14 hospitalsOR$600Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $550 across 18 hospitalsIA$550Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,552 across 47 hospitalsOH$2,552Pennsylvania: median $1,688 across 18 hospitalsPA$1,688New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,621 across 51 hospitalsCA$2,621Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $649 across 11 hospitalsMO$649Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,904 across 10 hospitalsWV$1,904Virginia: median $2,380 across 16 hospitalsVA$2,380Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $281 across 12 hospitalsTN$281North Carolina: median $1,903 across 20 hospitalsNC$1,903South Carolina: median $1,900 across 18 hospitalsSC$1,900Oklahoma: median $264 across 13 hospitalsOK$264Louisiana: median $1,123 across 10 hospitalsLA$1,123Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,862 across 14 hospitalsGA$4,862Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,624 across 42 hospitalsTX$1,624Florida: median $1,626 across 18 hospitalsFL$1,626
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,624. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA14$4,862+199%$2,418 – $4,862
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+133%$1,793 – $5,419
California CA51$2,621+61%$2,070 – $3,270
Ohio OH47$2,552+57%$598 – $3,657
Virginia VA16$2,380+46%$1,020 – $2,546
New York NY26$1,917+18%$729 – $1,960
West Virginia WV10$1,904+17%$468 – $2,110
North Carolina NC20$1,903+17%$1,049 – $1,903
South Carolina SC18$1,900+17%$1,900 – $2,113
Pennsylvania PA18$1,688+4%$978 – $2,739
Michigan MI10$1,637+1%$197 – $2,271
Florida FL18$1,6260%$1,088 – $3,625
Texas TX42$1,6240%$1,624 – $1,715
Wisconsin WI23$1,161−29%$796 – $2,543
Louisiana LA10$1,123−31%$448 – $2,695
Washington WA17$687−58%$451 – $1,861
Missouri MO11$649−60%$339 – $1,983
Oregon OR14$600−63%$411 – $755
Iowa IA18$550−66%$494 – $632
Illinois IL18$343−79%$233 – $1,667
Tennessee TN12$281−83%$230 – $906
Oklahoma OK13$264−84%$264 – $264
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,624.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care472$1,715$550 – $2,902
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access89$518$256 – $1,715
Ownership
For-profit54$1,624$281 – $2,620
Government90$1,098$340 – $1,925
Non-profit426$1,667$448 – $3,244
System affiliation
Part of a system477$1,715$475 – $3,244
Independent97$676$288 – $1,753

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,660
Median cash price$1,624
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

378 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,715 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,752; most fall between $444 and $3,270.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 378 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$264$550$1,715$2,695$3,938

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($264 vs $3,938).

Of the 409 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 378 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

574 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 633 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted574
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code633

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures on musculoskeletal system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Biopsy Soft Tissue Shoulder Superficial.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Biopsy of shoulder soft tissue, shallow (CPT 23065) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23065-biopsy-of-shoulder-soft-tissue-shallow