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

Biopsy of the back part of the tongue

CPT 41105the billing code this page is about

Removal of a small tissue sample from the rear third of the tongue for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $1,947 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 712 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,108. Most fall between $320 and $4,920 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
712
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 712 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
$193$421$1,947$4,139$6,975

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 36× what the cheapest tenth charges ($193 vs $6,975).

How the prices are spread

$172 – $257: 71 hospitals$172$257 – $385: 64 hospitals$385 – $576: 57 hospitals$385$576 – $862: 43 hospitals$862 – $1,291: 32 hospitals$862$1,291 – $1,933: 52 hospitals$1,933 – $2,894: 68 hospitals$1,933$2,894 – $4,333: 122 hospitals$4,333 – $6,488: 88 hospitals$4,333$6,488 – $9,715: 50 hospitals$6,488median $1,947price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (647 of 712 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$172$25771
$257$38564
$385$57657
$576$86243
$862$1,29132
$1,291$1,93352
$1,933$2,89468
$2,894$4,333122
$4,333$6,48888
$6,488$9,71550

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$1,947
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.57×

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 $1,947.

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: 9 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 $1,247 across 20 hospitalsWA$1,247Idaho: median $1,442 across 12 hospitalsID$1,442Montana: 6 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 $498 across 22 hospitalsMN$498Illinois: median $513 across 28 hospitalsIL$513Wisconsin: median $1,001 across 38 hospitalsWI$1,001Michigan: median $2,897 across 29 hospitalsMI$2,897New York: median $3,838 across 51 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $533 across 21 hospitalsOR$533Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $435 across 24 hospitalsIA$435Indiana: median $1,277 across 24 hospitalsIN$1,277Ohio: median $1,876 across 32 hospitalsOH$1,876Pennsylvania: median $5,288 across 18 hospitalsPA$5,288New Jersey: median $4,290 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,290Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,401 across 53 hospitalsCA$3,401Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,729 across 17 hospitalsMO$1,729Kentucky: median $420 across 11 hospitalsKY$420West Virginia: median $3,068 across 16 hospitalsWV$3,068Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $189 across 11 hospitalsKS$189Arkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,680 across 25 hospitalsNC$1,680South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $182 across 14 hospitalsOK$182Louisiana: median $1,774 across 19 hospitalsLA$1,774Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,671 across 28 hospitalsTX$2,671Florida: median $5,571 across 25 hospitalsFL$5,571
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,947. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL25$5,571+186%$2,909 – $6,975
Pennsylvania PA18$5,288+172%$3,802 – $39,262
New Jersey NJ32$4,290+120%$3,590 – $5,110
New York NY51$3,838+97%$421 – $7,016
California CA53$3,401+75%$2,159 – $5,404
West Virginia WV16$3,068+58%$307 – $3,811
Michigan MI29$2,897+49%$280 – $6,575
Texas TX28$2,671+37%$2,157 – $3,476
Ohio OH32$1,876−4%$319 – $4,017
Louisiana LA19$1,774−9%$906 – $3,168
Missouri MO17$1,729−11%$233 – $6,170
North Carolina NC25$1,680−14%$626 – $1,783
Idaho ID12$1,442−26%$377 – $8,795
Indiana IN24$1,277−34%$172 – $1,960
Washington WA20$1,247−36%$375 – $3,294
Wisconsin WI38$1,001−49%$796 – $3,071
Oregon OR21$533−73%$341 – $14,888
Illinois IL28$513−74%$172 – $3,221
Minnesota MN22$498−74%$254 – $584
Iowa IA24$435−78%$435 – $1,711
Kentucky KY11$420−78%$172 – $2,808
Kansas KS11$189−90%$153 – $260
Oklahoma OK14$182−91%$182 – $4,074
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $1,947.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care557$2,667$435 – $5,404
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access143$533$221 – $2,286
Ownership
For-profit55$2,159$286 – $5,571
Government128$1,680$266 – $3,838
Non-profit528$2,004$341 – $5,205
System affiliation
Part of a system573$2,286$420 – $5,353
Independent139$529$206 – $3,688

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,150
Median cash price$1,947
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

446 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,764 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,197; most fall between $281 and $5,404.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 446 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
$182$341$1,764$4,313$7,016

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 39× what the cheapest tenth charges ($182 vs $7,016).

Of the 496 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 446 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

712 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 798 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted712
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here64
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code798

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 PR Biopsy Tongue,Poster 1/3.

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 back part of the tongue (CPT 41105) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41105-biopsy-of-the-back-part-of-the-tongue