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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Biopsy of deep soft tissue of the thigh or knee

CPT 27324the billing code this page is about

Removal of a tissue sample from deep soft tissue, such as muscle, in the thigh or knee area for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $1,946 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 610 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,285. Most fall between $770 and $4,529 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
610
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 610 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
$538$919$1,946$3,986$5,749

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($538 vs $5,749).

How the prices are spread

$431 – $581: 39 hospitals$431$581 – $783: 62 hospitals$783 – $1,056: 62 hospitals$783$1,056 – $1,423: 59 hospitals$1,423 – $1,919: 50 hospitals$1,423$1,919 – $2,588: 40 hospitals$2,588 – $3,490: 82 hospitals$2,588$3,490 – $4,706: 90 hospitals$4,706 – $6,346: 43 hospitals$4,706$6,346 – $8,557: 23 hospitals$6,346median $1,946price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (550 of 610 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$431$58139
$581$78362
$783$1,05662
$1,056$1,42359
$1,423$1,91950
$1,919$2,58840
$2,588$3,49082
$3,490$4,70690
$4,706$6,34643
$6,346$8,55723

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$1,946
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.66×

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 $1,946.

Alaska: 2 hospitals 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,445 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,445Idaho: median $7,765 across 10 hospitalsID$7,765Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,880 across 19 hospitalsMN$1,880Illinois: median $987 across 23 hospitalsIL$987Wisconsin: median $1,800 across 43 hospitalsWI$1,800Michigan: median $670 across 31 hospitalsMI$670New York: median $2,717 across 34 hospitalsNY$2,717Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,366 across 15 hospitalsOR$1,366Nevada: 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 $987 across 18 hospitalsIA$987Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,520 across 20 hospitalsOH$1,520Pennsylvania: median $2,094 across 28 hospitalsPA$2,094New Jersey: median $3,758 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,758Connecticut: 6 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 $5,964 across 55 hospitalsCA$5,964Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,473 across 14 hospitalsMO$2,473Kentucky: 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: median $4,128 across 15 hospitalsVA$4,128Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $945 across 12 hospitalsTN$945North Carolina: median $4,949 across 19 hospitalsNC$4,949South Carolina: median $4,080 across 16 hospitalsSC$4,080Oklahoma: median $860 across 14 hospitalsOK$860Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 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 $4,609 across 15 hospitalsGA$4,609Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,901 across 27 hospitalsTX$2,901Florida: median $4,300 across 13 hospitalsFL$4,300
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,946. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$7,765+299%$2,828 – $7,765
California CA55$5,964+207%$1,937 – $8,770
North Carolina NC19$4,949+154%$1,256 – $4,949
Georgia GA15$4,609+137%$2,067 – $4,609
Florida FL13$4,300+121%$1,310 – $5,749
Virginia VA15$4,128+112%$277 – $4,128
South Carolina SC16$4,080+110%$4,080 – $4,800
New Jersey NJ32$3,758+93%$3,168 – $5,339
Texas TX27$2,901+49%$2,214 – $3,046
New York NY34$2,717+40%$919 – $3,387
Missouri MO14$2,473+27%$631 – $3,854
Pennsylvania PA28$2,094+8%$269 – $4,191
Minnesota MN19$1,880−3%$991 – $1,880
Wisconsin WI43$1,800−8%$1,074 – $3,447
Ohio OH20$1,520−22%$668 – $2,975
Washington WA14$1,445−26%$787 – $5,054
Oregon OR15$1,366−30%$770 – $1,366
Iowa IA18$987−49%$987 – $1,118
Illinois IL23$987−49%$431 – $3,008
Tennessee TN12$945−51%$505 – $1,946
Oklahoma OK14$860−56%$860 – $5,835
Michigan MI31$670−66%$574 – $1,800
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not 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
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $1,946.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care484$2,566$860 – $4,538
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access110$1,180$585 – $2,067
Ownership
For-profit50$2,828$668 – $5,065
Government109$1,578$748 – $4,609
Non-profit450$1,937$770 – $4,444
System affiliation
Part of a system489$2,093$860 – $4,529
Independent121$1,276$648 – $3,007

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,769
Median cash price$1,946
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

361 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,800 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,258; most fall between $773 and $4,593.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 361 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
$519$919$1,800$4,486$7,415

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($519 vs $7,415).

Of the 395 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 361 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

610 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 667 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted610
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
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 — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code667

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 Thigh/Knee Soft Tissues,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 deep soft tissue of the thigh or knee (CPT 27324) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27324-biopsy-of-deep-soft-tissue-of-the-thigh-or-knee