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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Biopsy of surface soft tissue of the upper arm or elbow

CPT 24065the billing code this page is about

Removal of a small sample of shallow soft tissue from the upper arm or elbow area for laboratory testing.

Hospitals typically charge $1,184 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 676 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,286. Most fall between $423 and $2,785 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
676
States
47
Filings dated
Dec 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 676 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
$267$491$1,184$2,196$4,347

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($267 vs $4,347).

How the prices are spread

$174 – $243: 14 hospitals$174$243 – $339: 52 hospitals$339 – $474: 65 hospitals$339$474 – $661: 61 hospitals$661 – $923: 73 hospitals$661$923 – $1,287: 53 hospitals$1,287 – $1,797: 82 hospitals$1,287$1,797 – $2,507: 90 hospitals$2,507 – $3,499: 61 hospitals$2,507$3,499 – $4,883: 63 hospitals$3,499median $1,184price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (614 of 676 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$174$24314
$243$33952
$339$47465
$474$66161
$661$92373
$923$1,28753
$1,287$1,79782
$1,797$2,50790
$2,507$3,49961
$3,499$4,88363

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,184
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

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 $1,184.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $575 across 18 hospitalsWA$575Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $792 across 29 hospitalsMN$792Illinois: median $470 across 21 hospitalsIL$470Wisconsin: median $909 across 41 hospitalsWI$909Michigan: median $392 across 33 hospitalsMI$392New York: median $1,917 across 35 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $2,413 across 11 hospitalsMA$2,413Oregon: median $1,797 across 13 hospitalsOR$1,797Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $638 across 25 hospitalsIA$638Indiana: median $526 across 22 hospitalsIN$526Ohio: median $1,476 across 34 hospitalsOH$1,476Pennsylvania: median $1,091 across 33 hospitalsPA$1,091New Jersey: median $2,162 across 35 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,635 across 56 hospitalsCA$3,635Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,381 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,381Nebraska: median $1,026 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,026Missouri: median $1,241 across 10 hospitalsMO$1,241Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $537 across 18 hospitalsWV$537Virginia: median $1,563 across 16 hospitalsVA$1,563Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $651 across 12 hospitalsTN$651North Carolina: 8 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 $1,533 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,533Louisiana: median $1,228 across 14 hospitalsLA$1,228Mississippi: median $629 across 12 hospitalsMS$629Alabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,936 across 30 hospitalsTX$1,936Florida: median $3,548 across 22 hospitalsFL$3,548
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,184. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA56$3,635+207%$2,503 – $4,883
Florida FL22$3,548+200%$1,626 – $3,625
Massachusetts MA11$2,413+104%$1,430 – $2,940
New Jersey NJ35$2,162+83%$1,793 – $5,266
Texas TX30$1,936+63%$920 – $1,936
New York NY35$1,917+62%$746 – $2,340
Oregon OR13$1,797+52%$471 – $1,952
Virginia VA16$1,563+32%$1,387 – $1,563
Oklahoma OK15$1,533+29%$268 – $3,303
Ohio OH34$1,476+25%$332 – $2,830
Colorado CO10$1,381+17%$493 – $1,953
Missouri MO10$1,241+5%$391 – $2,196
Louisiana LA14$1,228+4%$424 – $1,884
Pennsylvania PA33$1,091−8%$110 – $1,900
Nebraska NE14$1,026−13%$471 – $1,532
Wisconsin WI41$909−23%$669 – $927
Minnesota MN29$792−33%$603 – $1,344
Tennessee TN12$651−45%$240 – $1,987
Iowa IA25$638−46%$360 – $638
Mississippi MS12$629−47%$368 – $812
Washington WA18$575−51%$406 – $4,553
West Virginia WV18$537−55%$168 – $3,444
Indiana IN22$526−56%$314 – $710
Illinois IL21$470−60%$255 – $877
Michigan MI33$392−67%$385 – $1,637
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,184.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care530$1,492$471 – $3,126
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access131$609$313 – $1,227
Ownership
For-profit54$1,442$385 – $3,384
Government96$673$396 – $1,917
Non-profit522$1,224$435 – $2,830
System affiliation
Part of a system557$1,227$447 – $2,888
Independent119$815$332 – $2,137

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,851
Median cash price$1,184
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

406 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,281 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,392; most fall between $471 and $3,081.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 406 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
$278$638$1,281$2,726$4,632

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($278 vs $4,632).

Of the 437 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 406 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

676 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 725 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted676
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
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 — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code725

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 24, 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 PR Bx Arm/Elbow Soft Tissue,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 surface soft tissue of the upper arm or elbow (CPT 24065) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24065-biopsy-of-surface-soft-tissue-of-the-upper-arm-or-elbow