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Procedure price report · Other gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures

Needle biopsy of the pancreas through the skin

CPT 48102the billing code this page is about

A needle is passed through the skin into the pancreas, usually with imaging guidance, to take a core tissue sample for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $1,592 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,754 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,633. Most fall between $873 and $2,760 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,754
States
50
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 1,754 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
$558$980$1,592$2,410$3,741

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($558 vs $3,741).

How the prices are spread

$431 – $549: 83 hospitals$431$549 – $700: 87 hospitals$700 – $891: 110 hospitals$700$891 – $1,135: 218 hospitals$1,135 – $1,446: 200 hospitals$1,135$1,446 – $1,841: 253 hospitals$1,841 – $2,345: 254 hospitals$1,841$2,345 – $2,987: 161 hospitals$2,987 – $3,804: 132 hospitals$2,987$3,804 – $4,844: 89 hospitals$3,804median $1,592price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,587 of 1,754 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$431$54983
$549$70087
$700$891110
$891$1,135218
$1,135$1,446200
$1,446$1,841253
$1,841$2,345254
$2,345$2,987161
$2,987$3,804132
$3,804$4,84489

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,592
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.94×

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 $1,592.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,744 across 40 hospitalsWA$1,744Idaho: median $3,233 across 14 hospitalsID$3,233Montana: median $1,398 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,398North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,735 across 35 hospitalsMN$1,735Illinois: median $1,378 across 69 hospitalsIL$1,378Wisconsin: median $1,407 across 74 hospitalsWI$1,407Michigan: median $1,117 across 50 hospitalsMI$1,117New York: median $1,917 across 60 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $1,805 across 26 hospitalsMA$1,805Oregon: median $1,728 across 27 hospitalsOR$1,728Nevada: median $1,796 across 12 hospitalsNV$1,796Wyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,134 across 27 hospitalsIA$1,134Indiana: median $1,283 across 63 hospitalsIN$1,283Ohio: median $1,780 across 103 hospitalsOH$1,780Pennsylvania: median $2,081 across 82 hospitalsPA$2,081New Jersey: median $2,219 across 54 hospitalsNJ$2,219Connecticut: median $2,312 across 11 hospitalsCT$2,312Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,761 across 145 hospitalsCA$2,761Utah: median $1,671 across 23 hospitalsUT$1,671Colorado: median $1,661 across 40 hospitalsCO$1,661Nebraska: median $896 across 22 hospitalsNE$896Missouri: median $1,564 across 34 hospitalsMO$1,564Kentucky: median $1,165 across 18 hospitalsKY$1,165West Virginia: median $2,109 across 11 hospitalsWV$2,109Virginia: median $1,189 across 37 hospitalsVA$1,189Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $819 across 33 hospitalsAZ$819New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,383 across 17 hospitalsKS$1,383Arkansas: median $692 across 16 hospitalsAR$692Tennessee: median $495 across 40 hospitalsTN$495North Carolina: median $967 across 52 hospitalsNC$967South Carolina: median $2,039 across 32 hospitalsSC$2,039Oklahoma: median $836 across 34 hospitalsOK$836Louisiana: median $850 across 30 hospitalsLA$850Mississippi: median $1,090 across 31 hospitalsMS$1,090Alabama: median $1,087 across 19 hospitalsAL$1,087Georgia: median $1,218 across 61 hospitalsGA$1,218Hawaii: median $1,170 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,170Texas: median $1,762 across 140 hospitalsTX$1,762Florida: median $1,591 across 81 hospitalsFL$1,591
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,592. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID14$3,233+103%$1,749 – $4,347
California CA145$2,761+73%$1,677 – $4,418
Connecticut CT11$2,312+45%$1,557 – $2,747
New Jersey NJ54$2,219+39%$1,793 – $5,419
West Virginia WV11$2,109+32%$964 – $3,982
Pennsylvania PA82$2,081+31%$1,368 – $3,328
South Carolina SC32$2,039+28%$1,721 – $2,538
New York NY60$1,917+20%$761 – $2,768
Massachusetts MA26$1,805+13%$1,082 – $2,135
Nevada NV12$1,796+13%$542 – $3,052
Ohio OH103$1,780+12%$1,060 – $3,250
Texas TX140$1,762+11%$970 – $2,210
Washington WA40$1,744+10%$646 – $2,690
Minnesota MN35$1,735+9%$900 – $2,277
Oregon OR27$1,728+9%$424 – $3,831
Utah UT23$1,671+5%$1,671 – $1,966
Colorado CO40$1,661+4%$1,098 – $3,405
Florida FL81$1,5910%$1,153 – $3,050
Missouri MO34$1,564−2%$806 – $2,069
Wisconsin WI74$1,407−12%$1,060 – $2,425
Montana MT10$1,398−12%$871 – $1,835
Kansas KS17$1,383−13%$757 – $1,555
Illinois IL69$1,378−13%$761 – $3,254
Indiana IN63$1,283−19%$848 – $1,696
Georgia GA61$1,218−23%$938 – $2,503
Virginia VA37$1,189−25%$1,081 – $1,464
Hawaii HI12$1,170−27%$557 – $1,745
Kentucky KY18$1,165−27%$675 – $6,506
Iowa IA27$1,134−29%$760 – $1,494
Michigan MI50$1,117−30%$265 – $2,376
Mississippi MS31$1,090−32%$536 – $1,225
Alabama AL19$1,087−32%$795 – $1,920
North Carolina NC52$967−39%$621 – $1,368
Nebraska NE22$896−44%$772 – $2,072
Louisiana LA30$850−47%$473 – $1,891
Oklahoma OK34$836−47%$720 – $1,653
Arizona AZ33$819−49%$554 – $2,366
Arkansas AR16$692−57%$632 – $1,078
Tennessee TN40$495−69%$388 – $1,194
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not 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 $1,592.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,520$1,645$891 – $2,761
Children’s33$1,868$983 – $4,703
Critical access192$1,302$719 – $2,277
Ownership
For-profit168$1,797$880 – $3,093
Government244$1,227$716 – $2,152
Non-profit1,333$1,623$891 – $2,768
System affiliation
Part of a system1,500$1,604$891 – $2,761
Independent254$1,531$780 – $2,656

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,718
Median cash price$1,592
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,343 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,604 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,666; most fall between $880 and $2,786.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,343 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
$579$1,008$1,604$2,538$3,831

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($579 vs $3,831).

Of the 1,450 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,343 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 65 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,754 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,901 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,754
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here71
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 — excluded74
Hospitals that filed this code1,901

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 Other gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Biopsy Pancrea Percutaneous Needle.

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 pancreas through the skin (CPT 48102) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-48102-needle-biopsy-of-the-pancreas-through-the-skin