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Biopsy of shoulder soft tissue, deep

CPT 23066the billing code this page is about

Removal of a tissue sample from deep within the muscle or other soft tissue of the shoulder area for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $2,592 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 442 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,422. Most fall between $883 and $4,800 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
442
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 442 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
$580$1,058$2,592$3,964$7,765

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($580 vs $7,765).

How the prices are spread

$445 – $607: 25 hospitals$445$607 – $827: 33 hospitals$827 – $1,127: 46 hospitals$827$1,127 – $1,535: 49 hospitals$1,535 – $2,092: 34 hospitals$1,535$2,092 – $2,850: 20 hospitals$2,850 – $3,883: 99 hospitals$2,850$3,883 – $5,291: 34 hospitals$5,291 – $7,209: 26 hospitals$5,291$7,209 – $9,822: 43 hospitals$7,209median $2,592price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (409 of 442 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$445$60725
$607$82733
$827$1,12746
$1,127$1,53549
$1,535$2,09234
$2,092$2,85020
$2,850$3,88399
$3,883$5,29134
$5,291$7,20926
$7,209$9,82243

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,592
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.87×

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 $2,592.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,324 across 13 hospitalsMN$1,324Illinois: median $1,232 across 17 hospitalsIL$1,232Wisconsin: median $1,503 across 22 hospitalsWI$1,503Michigan: median $698 across 15 hospitalsMI$698New York: median $3,387 across 30 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,384 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,384Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,118 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,118Pennsylvania: median $1,721 across 24 hospitalsPA$1,721New 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 $7,617 across 50 hospitalsCA$7,617Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $604 across 10 hospitalsTN$604North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $609 across 13 hospitalsOK$609Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,810 across 11 hospitalsGA$5,810Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,018 across 39 hospitalsTX$3,018Florida: median $3,964 across 15 hospitalsFL$3,964
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,592. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA50$7,617+194%$3,266 – $9,822
Georgia GA11$5,810+124%$4,213 – $5,810
Florida FL15$3,964+53%$1,118 – $6,277
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+46%$3,168 – $5,419
New York NY30$3,387+31%$917 – $3,387
Texas TX39$3,018+16%$2,745 – $3,018
Pennsylvania PA24$1,721−34%$232 – $4,444
Wisconsin WI22$1,503−42%$1,503 – $1,826
Iowa IA17$1,384−47%$1,384 – $1,384
Minnesota MN13$1,324−49%$1,008 – $1,324
Illinois IL17$1,232−52%$548 – $3,815
Ohio OH14$1,118−57%$593 – $2,975
Michigan MI15$698−73%$488 – $3,994
Oklahoma OK13$609−77%$609 – $1,066
Tennessee TN10$604−77%$552 – $3,632
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $2,592.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care370$2,998$907 – $4,839
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access61$1,324$914 – $3,018
Ownership
For-profit51$3,018$698 – $5,810
Government54$1,608$862 – $3,565
Non-profit335$2,640$914 – $5,110
System affiliation
Part of a system366$2,998$1,008 – $5,339
Independent76$1,130$665 – $2,879

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,678
Median cash price$2,592
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

283 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,763 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,100; most fall between $656 and $5,110.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 283 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
$548$826$1,763$3,266$8,406

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($548 vs $8,406).

Of the 306 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 283 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

442 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 494 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted442
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code494

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 24, 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 Deep.

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, deep (CPT 23066) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23066-biopsy-of-shoulder-soft-tissue-deep