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Procedure price report · Exploratory laparotomy

Stomach biopsy through an abdominal incision

CPT 43605the billing code this page is about

Through an open surgical incision in the abdomen, a sample of stomach tissue is taken for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $1,869 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 203 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,861. Most fall between $1,008 and $3,310 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
203
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 203 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
$825$1,170$1,869$2,621$4,450

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($825 vs $4,450).

How the prices are spread

$619 – $766: 9 hospitals$619$766 – $947: 19 hospitals$947 – $1,172: 18 hospitals$947$1,172 – $1,449: 26 hospitals$1,449 – $1,792: 16 hospitals$1,449$1,792 – $2,216: 32 hospitals$2,216 – $2,741: 23 hospitals$2,216$2,741 – $3,390: 11 hospitals$3,390 – $4,193: 17 hospitals$3,390$4,193 – $5,185: 13 hospitals$4,193median $1,869price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (184 of 203 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$619$7669
$766$94719
$947$1,17218
$1,172$1,44926
$1,449$1,79216
$1,792$2,21632
$2,216$2,74123
$2,741$3,39011
$3,390$4,19317
$4,193$5,18513

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,869.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,572 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,572Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,207 across 10 hospitalsMI$1,207New York: median $2,059 across 12 hospitalsNY$2,059Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,555 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,555Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $2,058 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,058Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,126 across 10 hospitalsOH$3,126Pennsylvania: median $619 across 16 hospitalsPA$619New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $941 across 10 hospitalsWV$941Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,170 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,170Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,869. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+173%$3,986 – $5,855
Ohio OH10$3,126+67%$1,298 – $3,567
New York NY12$2,059+10%$828 – $2,498
Iowa IA15$2,058+10%$2,058 – $2,058
Illinois IL13$1,572−16%$664 – $2,107
Oregon OR12$1,555−17%$1,555 – $2,278
Michigan MI10$1,207−35%$862 – $1,291
Oklahoma OK10$1,170−37%$1,170 – $1,170
West Virginia WV10$941−50%$908 – $1,505
Pennsylvania PA16$619−67%$524 – $3,181
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $1,869.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care151$1,753$1,116 – $3,310
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access45$1,934$941 – $3,219
Ownership
For-profit12fewer than 20 hospitals
Government33$1,821$1,356 – $2,367
Non-profit157$2,007$1,005 – $3,567
System affiliation
Part of a system145$2,058$941 – $3,567
Independent58$1,666$1,153 – $2,567

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,392
Median cash price$1,869
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

114 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,680 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,755; most fall between $1,170 and $2,604.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 114 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
$864$1,170$1,680$2,367$3,327

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($864 vs $3,327).

Of the 132 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 114 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

203 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 238 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted203
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
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 — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code238

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Exploratory laparotomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Biopsy of Stomach,by Laparotomy.

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, “Stomach biopsy through an abdominal incision (CPT 43605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43605-stomach-biopsy-through-an-abdominal-incision