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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

X-ray guidance for biopsy through a catheter

CPT 75970the billing code this page is about

Covers the imaging supervision and interpretation while a tissue sample is taken through a catheter placed inside a blood vessel or other channel.

Hospitals typically charge $1,873 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,645 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,017. Most fall between $878 and $3,606 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,645
States
50
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 1,645 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
$483$1,071$1,873$3,122$5,513

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($483 vs $5,513).

How the prices are spread

$269 – $379: 35 hospitals$269$379 – $534: 66 hospitals$534 – $753: 83 hospitals$534$753 – $1,062: 138 hospitals$1,062 – $1,497: 201 hospitals$1,062$1,497 – $2,111: 325 hospitals$2,111 – $2,976: 259 hospitals$2,111$2,976 – $4,196: 226 hospitals$4,196 – $5,916: 81 hospitals$4,196$5,916 – $8,341: 67 hospitals$5,916median $1,873price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,481 of 1,645 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$269$37935
$379$53466
$534$75383
$753$1,062138
$1,062$1,497201
$1,497$2,111325
$2,111$2,976259
$2,976$4,196226
$4,196$5,91681
$5,916$8,34167

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,873.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 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 $2,384 across 37 hospitalsWA$2,384Idaho: median $3,529 across 13 hospitalsID$3,529Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $841 across 32 hospitalsMN$841Illinois: median $1,798 across 66 hospitalsIL$1,798Wisconsin: median $1,785 across 70 hospitalsWI$1,785Michigan: median $1,468 across 39 hospitalsMI$1,468New York: median $1,834 across 45 hospitalsNY$1,834Massachusetts: median $2,111 across 27 hospitalsMA$2,111Oregon: median $2,215 across 24 hospitalsOR$2,215Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $1,186 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,186Indiana: median $1,394 across 50 hospitalsIN$1,394Ohio: median $1,983 across 92 hospitalsOH$1,983Pennsylvania: median $2,143 across 70 hospitalsPA$2,143New Jersey: median $952 across 35 hospitalsNJ$952Connecticut: median $1,979 across 13 hospitalsCT$1,979Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,465 across 147 hospitalsCA$2,465Utah: median $2,527 across 29 hospitalsUT$2,527Colorado: median $2,640 across 37 hospitalsCO$2,640Nebraska: median $1,186 across 13 hospitalsNE$1,186Missouri: median $2,389 across 33 hospitalsMO$2,389Kentucky: median $1,536 across 22 hospitalsKY$1,536West Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,915 across 45 hospitalsVA$1,915Maryland: median $105 across 14 hospitalsMD$105Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $843 across 36 hospitalsAZ$843New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $6,618 across 13 hospitalsKS$6,618Arkansas: median $850 across 15 hospitalsAR$850Tennessee: median $702 across 44 hospitalsTN$702North Carolina: median $1,730 across 51 hospitalsNC$1,730South Carolina: median $2,512 across 35 hospitalsSC$2,512Oklahoma: median $1,049 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,049Louisiana: median $714 across 23 hospitalsLA$714Mississippi: median $1,346 across 19 hospitalsMS$1,346Alabama: median $470 across 16 hospitalsAL$470Georgia: median $1,973 across 62 hospitalsGA$1,973Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,828 across 157 hospitalsTX$1,828Florida: median $2,982 across 111 hospitalsFL$2,982
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,873. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kansas KS13$6,618+253%$4,632 – $14,613
Idaho ID13$3,529+88%$1,340 – $3,529
Florida FL111$2,982+59%$1,739 – $9,384
Colorado CO37$2,640+41%$1,440 – $7,330
Utah UT29$2,527+35%$2,527 – $2,527
South Carolina SC35$2,512+34%$1,320 – $3,100
California CA147$2,465+32%$1,009 – $5,158
Missouri MO33$2,389+28%$1,535 – $3,965
Washington WA37$2,384+27%$1,458 – $3,214
Oregon OR24$2,215+18%$1,488 – $3,158
Pennsylvania PA70$2,143+14%$863 – $6,170
Massachusetts MA27$2,111+13%$1,089 – $3,692
Ohio OH92$1,983+6%$1,491 – $3,058
Connecticut CT13$1,979+6%$1,655 – $3,244
Georgia GA62$1,973+5%$1,340 – $3,428
Virginia VA45$1,915+2%$1,096 – $2,481
New York NY45$1,834−2%$591 – $3,341
Texas TX157$1,828−2%$1,412 – $3,962
Illinois IL66$1,798−4%$1,031 – $3,697
Wisconsin WI70$1,785−5%$443 – $2,338
North Carolina NC51$1,730−8%$1,214 – $1,814
Kentucky KY22$1,536−18%$1,024 – $2,225
Michigan MI39$1,468−22%$757 – $3,910
Indiana IN50$1,394−26%$762 – $2,151
Mississippi MS19$1,346−28%$782 – $1,893
Iowa IA19$1,186−37%$634 – $2,838
Nebraska NE13$1,186−37%$1,061 – $1,418
Oklahoma OK15$1,049−44%$887 – $1,499
New Jersey NJ35$952−49%$546 – $7,213
Arkansas AR15$850−55%$426 – $1,581
Arizona AZ36$843−55%$492 – $3,060
Minnesota MN32$841−55%$246 – $1,626
Louisiana LA23$714−62%$330 – $1,502
Tennessee TN44$702−63%$347 – $1,942
Alabama AL16$470−75%$338 – $738
Maryland MD14$105−94%$92 – $127
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $1,873.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,477$1,873$881 – $3,606
Children’s42$2,548$1,316 – $6,056
Critical access116$1,741$465 – $3,234
Ownership
For-profit238$2,861$1,161 – $7,684
Government170$1,635$813 – $2,551
Non-profit1,227$1,873$850 – $3,297
System affiliation
Part of a system1,482$1,885$928 – $3,606
Independent163$1,456$614 – $3,865

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,369
Median cash price$1,873
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

1,279 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,873 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,994; most fall between $922 and $3,465.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,279 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
$482$1,131$1,873$3,060$4,727

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($482 vs $4,727).

Of the 1,450 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,279 gave a usable cash price; 103 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 66 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,645 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (42%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,915 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,645
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here151
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded117
Hospitals that filed this code1,915

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 Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Transcatheter Biopsy Rs&I|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “X-ray guidance for biopsy through a catheter (CPT 75970) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-75970-x-ray-guidance-for-biopsy-through-a-catheter