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Biopsy of shallow soft tissue in the leg or ankle

CPT 27613the billing code this page is about

Removal of a small sample of soft tissue just under the skin of the lower leg or ankle for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $1,252 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 800 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,303. Most fall between $393 and $2,516 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
800
States
49
Filings dated
Jan 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 800 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
$268$481$1,252$2,168$3,856

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($268 vs $3,856).

How the prices are spread

$185 – $256: 18 hospitals$185$256 – $355: 86 hospitals$355 – $493: 64 hospitals$355$493 – $683: 63 hospitals$683 – $947: 68 hospitals$683$947 – $1,313: 75 hospitals$1,313 – $1,821: 95 hospitals$1,313$1,821 – $2,525: 136 hospitals$2,525 – $3,501: 50 hospitals$2,525$3,501 – $4,855: 66 hospitals$3,501median $1,252price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (721 of 800 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$185$25618
$256$35586
$355$49364
$493$68363
$683$94768
$947$1,31375
$1,313$1,82195
$1,821$2,525136
$2,525$3,50150
$3,501$4,85566

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,252
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.74×

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 $1,252.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,861 across 32 hospitalsWA$1,861Idaho: median $2,758 across 11 hospitalsID$2,758Montana: median $427 across 11 hospitalsMT$427North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $801 across 11 hospitalsMN$801Illinois: median $657 across 27 hospitalsIL$657Wisconsin: median $1,196 across 43 hospitalsWI$1,196Michigan: median $367 across 35 hospitalsMI$367New York: median $1,917 across 38 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $490 across 19 hospitalsOR$490Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $622 across 28 hospitalsIA$622Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,610 across 47 hospitalsOH$2,610Pennsylvania: median $1,300 across 46 hospitalsPA$1,300New Jersey: median $2,162 across 36 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,904 across 63 hospitalsCA$1,904Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,476 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,476Kentucky: median $269 across 10 hospitalsKY$269West Virginia: median $466 across 17 hospitalsWV$466Virginia: median $1,092 across 22 hospitalsVA$1,092Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $1,141 across 10 hospitalsAZ$1,141New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $499 across 11 hospitalsTN$499North Carolina: median $1,905 across 24 hospitalsNC$1,905South Carolina: median $1,082 across 20 hospitalsSC$1,082Oklahoma: median $267 across 16 hospitalsOK$267Louisiana: median $1,599 across 11 hospitalsLA$1,599Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $308 across 10 hospitalsAL$308Georgia: median $902 across 14 hospitalsGA$902Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,551 across 45 hospitalsTX$1,551Florida: median $1,344 across 19 hospitalsFL$1,344
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,252. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$2,758+120%$1,163 – $4,347
Ohio OH47$2,610+109%$1,152 – $4,844
New Jersey NJ36$2,162+73%$1,793 – $5,339
New York NY38$1,917+53%$372 – $1,991
North Carolina NC24$1,905+52%$1,129 – $1,905
California CA63$1,904+52%$1,695 – $2,441
Washington WA32$1,861+49%$601 – $3,100
Louisiana LA11$1,599+28%$694 – $3,100
Texas TX45$1,551+24%$836 – $2,469
Missouri MO11$1,476+18%$381 – $2,023
Florida FL19$1,344+7%$614 – $3,625
Pennsylvania PA46$1,300+4%$146 – $2,383
Wisconsin WI43$1,196−4%$688 – $1,252
Arizona AZ10$1,141−9%$395 – $1,608
Virginia VA22$1,092−13%$224 – $2,546
South Carolina SC20$1,082−14%$1,082 – $1,758
Georgia GA14$902−28%$902 – $993
Minnesota MN11$801−36%$330 – $1,417
Illinois IL27$657−48%$282 – $3,856
Iowa IA28$622−50%$372 – $643
Tennessee TN11$499−60%$268 – $1,987
Oregon OR19$490−61%$413 – $2,915
West Virginia WV17$466−63%$168 – $1,904
Montana MT11$427−66%$241 – $748
Michigan MI35$367−71%$271 – $1,580
Alabama AL10$308−75%$145 – $1,474
Kentucky KY10$269−79%$251 – $829
Oklahoma OK16$267−79%$267 – $1,476
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $1,252.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care638$1,551$442 – $2,546
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access143$601$285 – $1,538
Ownership
For-profit69$1,551$380 – $2,826
Government119$614$323 – $1,917
Non-profit608$1,300$413 – $2,546
System affiliation
Part of a system656$1,368$435 – $2,546
Independent144$707$316 – $2,030

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,123
Median cash price$1,252
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

518 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,196 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,339; most fall between $427 and $2,545.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 518 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
$268$522$1,196$2,258$4,306

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($268 vs $4,306).

Of the 558 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 518 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 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

800 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 880 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted800
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
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 — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code880

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 Leg/Ankle 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 in the leg or ankle (CPT 27613) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27613-biopsy-of-shallow-soft-tissue-in-the-leg-or-ankle