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Procedure price report · Diagnostic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Biopsy of the lining inside the lip or cheek

CPT 40808the billing code this page is about

Removal of a small tissue sample from the lining inside the mouth so it can be examined in a laboratory.

Hospitals typically charge $536 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 982 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $562. Most fall between $242 and $1,098 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
982
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 982 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
$158$278$536$975$1,531

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($158 vs $1,531).

How the prices are spread

$127 – $169: 70 hospitals$127$169 – $226: 60 hospitals$226 – $302: 92 hospitals$226$302 – $404: 101 hospitals$404 – $541: 120 hospitals$404$541 – $723: 182 hospitals$723 – $967: 62 hospitals$723$967 – $1,293: 93 hospitals$1,293 – $1,728: 74 hospitals$1,293$1,728 – $2,311: 30 hospitals$1,728median $536price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (884 of 982 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$127$16970
$169$22660
$226$30292
$302$404101
$404$541120
$541$723182
$723$96762
$967$1,29393
$1,293$1,72874
$1,728$2,31130

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$551
Median cash price$536
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.97×

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 $536.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 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 $562 across 19 hospitalsWA$562Idaho: median $628 across 12 hospitalsID$628Montana: 9 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 $370 across 31 hospitalsMN$370Illinois: median $550 across 45 hospitalsIL$550Wisconsin: median $571 across 53 hospitalsWI$571Michigan: median $571 across 53 hospitalsMI$571New York: median $603 across 56 hospitalsNY$603Massachusetts: median $677 across 13 hospitalsMA$677Oregon: median $382 across 31 hospitalsOR$382Nevada: 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $330 across 37 hospitalsIA$330Indiana: median $941 across 24 hospitalsIN$941Ohio: median $685 across 42 hospitalsOH$685Pennsylvania: median $536 across 36 hospitalsPA$536New Jersey: median $3,986 across 33 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,399 across 64 hospitalsCA$1,399Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $927 across 15 hospitalsCO$927Nebraska: median $317 across 21 hospitalsNE$317Missouri: median $452 across 23 hospitalsMO$452Kentucky: median $199 across 11 hospitalsKY$199West Virginia: median $243 across 23 hospitalsWV$243Virginia: median $541 across 19 hospitalsVA$541Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $6,529 across 12 hospitalsAZ$6,529New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $260 across 13 hospitalsKS$260Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $279 across 11 hospitalsTN$279North Carolina: median $601 across 26 hospitalsNC$601South Carolina: median $630 across 10 hospitalsSC$630Oklahoma: median $146 across 15 hospitalsOK$146Louisiana: median $320 across 21 hospitalsLA$320Mississippi: median $400 across 13 hospitalsMS$400Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $645 across 19 hospitalsGA$645Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $903 across 41 hospitalsTX$903Florida: median $693 across 39 hospitalsFL$693
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $536. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ12$6,529+1119%$662 – $6,529
New Jersey NJ33$3,986+644%$564 – $6,839
California CA64$1,399+161%$607 – $1,450
Indiana IN24$941+76%$158 – $1,439
Colorado CO15$927+73%$316 – $1,225
Texas TX41$903+68%$636 – $962
Florida FL39$693+29%$481 – $1,604
Ohio OH42$685+28%$273 – $1,357
Massachusetts MA13$677+26%$341 – $1,188
Georgia GA19$645+20%$645 – $2,122
South Carolina SC10$630+18%$263 – $983
Idaho ID12$628+17%$385 – $1,169
New York NY56$603+12%$230 – $1,021
North Carolina NC26$601+12%$404 – $676
Michigan MI53$571+7%$137 – $1,124
Wisconsin WI53$571+7%$340 – $620
Washington WA19$562+5%$280 – $900
Illinois IL45$550+3%$247 – $1,098
Virginia VA19$541+1%$90 – $622
Pennsylvania PA36$5360%$66 – $861
Missouri MO23$452−16%$242 – $711
Mississippi MS13$400−25%$214 – $676
Oregon OR31$382−29%$307 – $481
Minnesota MN31$370−31%$202 – $532
Iowa IA37$330−38%$227 – $392
Louisiana LA21$320−40%$197 – $624
Nebraska NE21$317−41%$176 – $394
Tennessee TN11$279−48%$210 – $628
Kansas KS13$260−51%$193 – $300
West Virginia WV23$243−55%$91 – $620
Kentucky KY11$199−63%$158 – $408
Oklahoma OK15$146−73%$146 – $964
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $536.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care720$601$272 – $1,225
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access245$365$202 – $645
Ownership
For-profit70$645$268 – $1,539
Government177$443$233 – $668
Non-profit733$557$242 – $1,124
System affiliation
Part of a system797$571$246 – $1,169
Independent185$415$215 – $717

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$759
Median cash price$536
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

626 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $550 and the average of the middle 60% is $585; most fall between $243 and $1,180.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 626 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
$158$284$550$1,014$1,450

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($158 vs $1,450).

Of the 679 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 626 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 27 a list price only.

How complete is this

982 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,064 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted982
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here53
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 — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code1,064

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 Diagnostic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Biopsy Vestibule Mouth.

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 the lining inside the lip or cheek (CPT 40808) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40808-biopsy-of-the-lining-inside-the-lip-or-cheek