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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Biopsy of deep soft tissue in the leg or ankle

CPT 27614the billing code this page is about

Removal of a tissue sample from below the tough covering layer or from within a muscle of the lower leg or ankle for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $2,094 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 561 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,228. Most fall between $884 and $4,350 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
561
States
47
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 561 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
$601$1,043$2,094$3,497$6,277

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($601 vs $6,277).

How the prices are spread

$500 – $666: 46 hospitals$500$666 – $887: 39 hospitals$887 – $1,181: 65 hospitals$887$1,181 – $1,573: 58 hospitals$1,573 – $2,094: 45 hospitals$1,573$2,094 – $2,789: 44 hospitals$2,789 – $3,714: 103 hospitals$2,789$3,714 – $4,945: 54 hospitals$4,945 – $6,585: 29 hospitals$4,945$6,585 – $8,770: 39 hospitals$6,585median $2,094price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (522 of 561 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$500$66646
$666$88739
$887$1,18165
$1,181$1,57358
$1,573$2,09445
$2,094$2,78944
$2,789$3,714103
$3,714$4,94554
$4,945$6,58529
$6,585$8,77039

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,094
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.71×

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 $2,094.

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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,203 across 27 hospitalsWA$1,203Idaho: median $4,638 across 13 hospitalsID$4,638Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $787 across 22 hospitalsIL$787Wisconsin: median $2,581 across 32 hospitalsWI$2,581Michigan: median $1,084 across 31 hospitalsMI$1,084New York: median $3,387 across 36 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,067 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,067Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,428 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,428Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,508 across 17 hospitalsOH$1,508Pennsylvania: median $2,236 across 30 hospitalsPA$2,236New Jersey: median $3,786 across 33 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $8,104 across 52 hospitalsCA$8,104Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,689 across 10 hospitalsVA$1,689Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 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: median $624 across 10 hospitalsKS$624Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,364 across 11 hospitalsTN$1,364North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $2,861 across 17 hospitalsSC$2,861Oklahoma: median $958 across 19 hospitalsOK$958Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,226 across 23 hospitalsTX$3,226Florida: median $2,529 across 17 hospitalsFL$2,529
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,094. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA52$8,104+287%$3,717 – $8,770
Idaho ID13$4,638+122%$1,190 – $7,765
New Jersey NJ33$3,786+81%$3,168 – $5,339
New York NY36$3,387+62%$1,105 – $3,420
Texas TX23$3,226+54%$2,903 – $3,226
South Carolina SC17$2,861+37%$2,861 – $4,649
Wisconsin WI32$2,581+23%$1,830 – $2,967
Florida FL17$2,529+21%$2,137 – $6,277
Pennsylvania PA30$2,236+7%$269 – $4,444
Virginia VA10$1,689−19%$1,408 – $3,209
Ohio OH17$1,508−28%$874 – $3,481
Iowa IA22$1,428−32%$1,232 – $1,428
Tennessee TN11$1,364−35%$602 – $2,775
Washington WA27$1,203−43%$907 – $4,527
Michigan MI31$1,084−48%$778 – $2,581
Oregon OR12$1,067−49%$1,067 – $1,973
Oklahoma OK19$958−54%$958 – $3,297
Illinois IL22$787−62%$510 – $1,322
Kansas KS10$624−70%$599 – $877
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $2,094.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care449$2,529$958 – $4,529
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access99$1,389$733 – $2,967
Ownership
For-profit49$2,592$656 – $5,967
Government83$1,524$760 – $3,349
Non-profit428$2,436$958 – $4,529
System affiliation
Part of a system443$2,581$1,047 – $4,529
Independent118$1,199$650 – $3,249

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,092
Median cash price$2,094
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

331 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,777 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,269; most fall between $800 and $4,529.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 331 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
$563$958$1,777$3,496$7,765

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($563 vs $7,765).

Of the 362 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 331 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 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

561 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 618 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted561
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code618

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 Low Leg Soft Tissue,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 in the leg or ankle (CPT 27614) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27614-biopsy-of-deep-soft-tissue-in-the-leg-or-ankle