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Biopsy of shallow soft tissue of the thigh or knee

CPT 27323the billing code this page is about

Removal of a tissue sample from the surface layers of soft tissue in the thigh or knee area for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $1,730 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 832 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,709. Most fall between $519 and $3,323 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
832
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 832 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
$307$606$1,730$3,089$4,593

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($307 vs $4,593).

How the prices are spread

$215 – $298: 49 hospitals$215$298 – $415: 49 hospitals$415 – $576: 63 hospitals$415$576 – $801: 77 hospitals$801 – $1,113: 55 hospitals$801$1,113 – $1,547: 61 hospitals$1,547 – $2,150: 148 hospitals$1,547$2,150 – $2,988: 73 hospitals$2,988 – $4,153: 116 hospitals$2,988$4,153 – $5,772: 68 hospitals$4,153median $1,730price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (759 of 832 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$215$29849
$298$41549
$415$57663
$576$80177
$801$1,11355
$1,113$1,54761
$1,547$2,150148
$2,150$2,98873
$2,988$4,153116
$4,153$5,77268

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,730
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.03×

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 $1,730.

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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $734 across 20 hospitalsWA$734Idaho: 7 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: median $1,228 across 17 hospitalsMN$1,228Illinois: median $939 across 44 hospitalsIL$939Wisconsin: median $734 across 26 hospitalsWI$734Michigan: median $396 across 33 hospitalsMI$396New York: median $1,917 across 47 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $3,376 across 20 hospitalsMA$3,376Oregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $679 across 27 hospitalsIA$679Indiana: median $528 across 23 hospitalsIN$528Ohio: median $1,880 across 56 hospitalsOH$1,880Pennsylvania: median $1,688 across 41 hospitalsPA$1,688New Jersey: median $3,986 across 33 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,190 across 84 hospitalsCA$3,190Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,333 across 11 hospitalsCO$2,333Nebraska: median $683 across 10 hospitalsNE$683Missouri: median $841 across 15 hospitalsMO$841Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $431 across 15 hospitalsKS$431Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $746 across 12 hospitalsTN$746North Carolina: median $3,058 across 19 hospitalsNC$3,058South Carolina: median $1,989 across 24 hospitalsSC$1,989Oklahoma: median $288 across 20 hospitalsOK$288Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,051 across 21 hospitalsGA$4,051Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,666 across 57 hospitalsTX$2,666Florida: median $1,398 across 24 hospitalsFL$1,398
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,730. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA21$4,051+134%$938 – $4,862
New Jersey NJ33$3,986+130%$1,795 – $6,294
Massachusetts MA20$3,376+95%$1,430 – $5,772
California CA84$3,190+84%$1,124 – $6,082
North Carolina NC19$3,058+77%$919 – $3,058
Texas TX57$2,666+54%$1,650 – $3,323
Colorado CO11$2,333+35%$514 – $4,371
South Carolina SC24$1,989+15%$1,989 – $3,318
New York NY47$1,917+11%$687 – $2,726
Ohio OH56$1,880+9%$1,263 – $4,083
Pennsylvania PA41$1,688−2%$133 – $2,383
Florida FL24$1,398−19%$824 – $3,625
Minnesota MN17$1,228−29%$402 – $1,397
Illinois IL44$939−46%$451 – $3,185
Missouri MO15$841−51%$369 – $1,700
Tennessee TN12$746−57%$352 – $2,065
Wisconsin WI26$734−58%$706 – $877
Washington WA20$734−58%$570 – $3,010
Nebraska NE10$683−61%$550 – $1,128
Iowa IA27$679−61%$439 – $810
Indiana IN23$528−69%$308 – $828
Kansas KS15$431−75%$283 – $1,555
Michigan MI33$396−77%$215 – $1,637
Oklahoma OK20$288−83%$288 – $1,907
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not 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 $1,730.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care688$1,904$600 – $3,538
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access125$679$332 – $2,038
Ownership
For-profit74$1,851$492 – $4,296
Government123$1,200$439 – $2,832
Non-profit631$1,793$526 – $3,538
System affiliation
Part of a system695$1,899$569 – $3,620
Independent137$933$371 – $2,125

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,666
Median cash price$1,730
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

567 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,880 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,864; most fall between $574 and $3,693.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 567 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
$327$679$1,880$3,323$4,844

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($327 vs $4,844).

Of the 617 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 567 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

832 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 919 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted832
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code919

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 Biopsy Soft Tissue Thigh/Knee Area 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 shallow soft tissue of the thigh or knee (CPT 27323) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27323-biopsy-of-shallow-soft-tissue-of-the-thigh-or-knee