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Procedure price report · Biopsy of liver

Needle biopsy of the liver during another major surgery

CPT 47001the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for taking a liver tissue sample with a needle while a separate major procedure is already being performed; billed in addition to the main operation.

Hospitals typically charge $486 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,026 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $617. Most fall between $206 and $2,156 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,026
States
50
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 1,026 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
$144$232$486$1,416$4,202

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 29× what the cheapest tenth charges ($144 vs $4,202).

How the prices are spread

$112 – $165: 93 hospitals$112$165 – $245: 125 hospitals$245 – $363: 176 hospitals$245$363 – $538: 113 hospitals$538 – $798: 129 hospitals$538$798 – $1,183: 60 hospitals$1,183 – $1,754: 50 hospitals$1,183$1,754 – $2,599: 68 hospitals$2,599 – $3,853: 38 hospitals$2,599$3,853 – $5,712: 75 hospitals$3,853median $486price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (927 of 1,026 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$112$16593
$165$245125
$245$363176
$363$538113
$538$798129
$798$1,18360
$1,183$1,75450
$1,754$2,59968
$2,599$3,85338
$3,853$5,71275

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $486.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $212 across 10 hospitalsME$212Vermont: 8 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 $616 across 33 hospitalsWA$616Idaho: median $1,972 across 11 hospitalsID$1,972Montana: median $209 across 11 hospitalsMT$209North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $480 across 35 hospitalsMN$480Illinois: median $356 across 37 hospitalsIL$356Wisconsin: median $634 across 44 hospitalsWI$634Michigan: median $274 across 34 hospitalsMI$274New York: median $260 across 29 hospitalsNY$260Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $279 across 26 hospitalsOR$279Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $274 across 41 hospitalsIA$274Indiana: median $421 across 39 hospitalsIN$421Ohio: median $543 across 64 hospitalsOH$543Pennsylvania: median $442 across 45 hospitalsPA$442New Jersey: median $5,339 across 23 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 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 $961 across 78 hospitalsCA$961Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $581 across 21 hospitalsCO$581Nebraska: median $228 across 15 hospitalsNE$228Missouri: median $304 across 25 hospitalsMO$304Kentucky: median $169 across 13 hospitalsKY$169West Virginia: median $155 across 18 hospitalsWV$155Virginia: median $1,792 across 26 hospitalsVA$1,792Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,680 across 15 hospitalsAZ$1,680New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $275 across 16 hospitalsKS$275Arkansas: median $2,312 across 11 hospitalsAR$2,312Tennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $562 across 18 hospitalsNC$562South Carolina: median $1,416 across 10 hospitalsSC$1,416Oklahoma: median $257 across 20 hospitalsOK$257Louisiana: median $231 across 19 hospitalsLA$231Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $434 across 15 hospitalsAL$434Georgia: median $706 across 19 hospitalsGA$706Hawaii: median $209 across 11 hospitalsHI$209Texas: median $637 across 70 hospitalsTX$637Florida: median $1,054 across 44 hospitalsFL$1,054
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $486. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ23$5,339+999%$3,986 – $7,785
Arkansas AR11$2,312+376%$239 – $3,051
Idaho ID11$1,972+306%$658 – $4,759
Virginia VA26$1,792+269%$124 – $1,985
Arizona AZ15$1,680+246%$570 – $1,680
South Carolina SC10$1,416+191%$286 – $2,410
Florida FL44$1,054+117%$541 – $7,010
California CA78$961+98%$265 – $4,202
Georgia GA19$706+45%$544 – $706
Texas TX70$637+31%$267 – $2,355
Wisconsin WI44$634+30%$525 – $935
Washington WA33$616+27%$213 – $1,693
Colorado CO21$581+20%$222 – $4,152
North Carolina NC18$562+16%$213 – $745
Ohio OH64$543+12%$358 – $2,265
Minnesota MN35$480−1%$230 – $556
Pennsylvania PA45$442−9%$79 – $1,170
Alabama AL15$434−11%$295 – $561
Indiana IN39$421−13%$206 – $815
Illinois IL37$356−27%$196 – $5,256
Missouri MO25$304−38%$165 – $1,332
Oregon OR26$279−43%$189 – $575
Kansas KS16$275−43%$204 – $529
Iowa IA41$274−44%$227 – $511
Michigan MI34$274−44%$142 – $300
New York NY29$260−47%$123 – $647
Oklahoma OK20$257−47%$136 – $602
Louisiana LA19$231−53%$99 – $344
Nebraska NE15$228−53%$186 – $292
Maine ME10$212−56%$105 – $567
Hawaii HI11$209−57%$102 – $566
Montana MT11$209−57%$152 – $313
Kentucky KY13$169−65%$116 – $521
West Virginia WV18$155−68%$113 – $583
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $486.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care760$556$222 – $2,355
Children’s21$562$295 – $1,523
Critical access240$286$178 – $582
Ownership
For-profit81$706$251 – $2,355
Government179$343$206 – $873
Non-profit761$514$200 – $2,265
System affiliation
Part of a system813$525$217 – $2,265
Independent213$329$189 – $843

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$742
Median cash price$486
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

693 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $514 and the average of the middle 60% is $606; most fall between $196 and $1,819.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 693 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
$141$232$514$1,271$3,354

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($141 vs $3,354).

Of the 769 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 693 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 53 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,026 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,174 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,026
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded90
Hospitals that filed this code1,174

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 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 Biopsy of liver family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Bx Lvr Ndl Done Purpose Tm Oth Major Px.

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, “Needle biopsy of the liver during another major surgery (CPT 47001) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47001-needle-biopsy-of-the-liver-during-another-major-surgery