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Procedure price report · Biopsy of liver

Surgical wedge biopsy of the liver

CPT 47100the billing code this page is about

Removal of a wedge-shaped piece of liver tissue through an incision so it can be examined in the laboratory.

Hospitals typically charge $1,752 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 505 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,815. Most fall between $907 and $3,158 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
505
States
48
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 505 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
$648$984$1,752$2,826$4,993

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($648 vs $4,993).

How the prices are spread

$450 – $602: 25 hospitals$450$602 – $807: 24 hospitals$807 – $1,080: 62 hospitals$807$1,080 – $1,445: 65 hospitals$1,445 – $1,935: 87 hospitals$1,445$1,935 – $2,591: 70 hospitals$2,591 – $3,468: 61 hospitals$2,591$3,468 – $4,643: 33 hospitals$4,643 – $6,215: 19 hospitals$4,643$6,215 – $8,321: 9 hospitals$6,215median $1,752price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (455 of 505 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$450$60225
$602$80724
$807$1,08062
$1,080$1,44565
$1,445$1,93587
$1,935$2,59170
$2,591$3,46861
$3,468$4,64333
$4,643$6,21519
$6,215$8,3219

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,752.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 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 $1,799 across 17 hospitalsWA$1,799Idaho: median $5,599 across 10 hospitalsID$5,599Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,713 across 22 hospitalsMN$2,713Illinois: median $1,786 across 21 hospitalsIL$1,786Wisconsin: median $3,039 across 30 hospitalsWI$3,039Michigan: median $1,097 across 32 hospitalsMI$1,097New York: median $1,161 across 25 hospitalsNY$1,161Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,846 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,846Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $2,077 across 35 hospitalsIA$2,077Indiana: median $910 across 14 hospitalsIN$910Ohio: median $1,312 across 13 hospitalsOH$1,312Pennsylvania: median $1,929 across 13 hospitalsPA$1,929New Jersey: median $5,741 across 21 hospitalsNJ$5,741Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,437 across 12 hospitalsCA$1,437Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,901 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,901Missouri: median $1,302 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,302Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,136 across 14 hospitalsWV$1,136Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 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 $1,215 across 15 hospitalsKS$1,215Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,778 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,778Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $772 across 19 hospitalsGA$772Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,873 across 13 hospitalsTX$1,873Florida: median $541 across 18 hospitalsFL$541
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,752. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ21$5,741+228%$4,350 – $7,786
Idaho ID10$5,599+220%$1,666 – $18,914
Wisconsin WI30$3,039+73%$2,696 – $4,993
Minnesota MN22$2,713+55%$1,366 – $3,644
Iowa IA35$2,077+19%$1,234 – $2,208
Pennsylvania PA13$1,929+10%$92 – $2,675
Nebraska NE14$1,901+8%$1,430 – $2,038
Texas TX13$1,873+7%$943 – $2,845
Oregon OR19$1,846+5%$1,561 – $2,330
Washington WA17$1,799+3%$1,561 – $3,166
Illinois IL21$1,786+2%$835 – $2,856
Oklahoma OK11$1,778+1%$1,778 – $1,778
California CA12$1,437−18%$656 – $2,453
Ohio OH13$1,312−25%$889 – $3,357
Missouri MO11$1,302−26%$1,215 – $1,357
Kansas KS15$1,215−31%$396 – $1,470
New York NY25$1,161−34%$648 – $2,535
West Virginia WV14$1,136−35%$915 – $2,396
Michigan MI32$1,097−37%$927 – $1,474
Indiana IN14$910−48%$835 – $1,671
Georgia GA19$772−56%$772 – $2,817
Florida FL18$541−69%$541 – $10,613
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not 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 $1,752.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care319$1,655$813 – $3,357
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access174$1,862$1,125 – $3,039
Ownership
For-profit46$1,474$656 – $5,599
Government103$1,672$1,015 – $2,671
Non-profit355$1,778$927 – $3,262
System affiliation
Part of a system368$1,778$835 – $3,262
Independent137$1,692$1,044 – $2,817

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,385
Median cash price$1,752
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

293 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,474 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,466; most fall between $772 and $2,411.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 293 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
$471$813$1,474$2,077$3,039

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($471 vs $3,039).

Of the 332 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 293 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

505 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 596 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted505
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
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 — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code596

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 Biopsy Liver Wedge.

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, “Surgical wedge biopsy of the liver (CPT 47100) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47100-surgical-wedge-biopsy-of-the-liver