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Body fluid measurement for arm swelling

CPT 93702the billing code this page is about

A painless test that passes tiny electrical currents through the limb to measure fluid outside the cells, used in assessing lymphedema after breast cancer treatment.

Hospitals typically charge $215 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 526 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $226. Most fall between $146 and $371 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
526
States
43
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 526 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
$102$153$215$312$543

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($102 vs $543).

How the prices are spread

$82 – $101: 20 hospitals$82$101 – $124: 32 hospitals$124 – $153: 57 hospitals$124$153 – $189: 66 hospitals$189 – $233: 96 hospitals$189$233 – $288: 68 hospitals$288 – $355: 53 hospitals$288$355 – $438: 32 hospitals$438 – $541: 24 hospitals$438$541 – $667: 27 hospitals$541median $215price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (475 of 526 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$82$10120
$101$12432
$124$15357
$153$18966
$189$23396
$233$28868
$288$35553
$355$43832
$438$54124
$541$66727

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$131
Median cash price$215
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.64×

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 $215.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $94 across 12 hospitalsWA$94Idaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $231 across 12 hospitalsMN$231Illinois: median $203 across 18 hospitalsIL$203Wisconsin: median $146 across 33 hospitalsWI$146Michigan: median $130 across 22 hospitalsMI$130New York: median $185 across 24 hospitalsNY$185Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $137 across 10 hospitalsOR$137Nevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $293 across 15 hospitalsIA$293Indiana: median $217 across 14 hospitalsIN$217Ohio: median $323 across 36 hospitalsOH$323Pennsylvania: median $307 across 19 hospitalsPA$307New Jersey: median $173 across 23 hospitalsNJ$173Connecticut: 5 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 $414 across 52 hospitalsCA$414Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $218 across 14 hospitalsCO$218Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $220 across 15 hospitalsMO$220Kentucky: median $618 across 11 hospitalsKY$618West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $161 across 10 hospitalsNC$161South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $260 across 12 hospitalsOK$260Louisiana: median $165 across 13 hospitalsLA$165Mississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: median $213 across 14 hospitalsGA$213Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $228 across 41 hospitalsTX$228Florida: median $251 across 38 hospitalsFL$251
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $215. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY11$618+187%$129 – $618
California CA52$414+93%$267 – $414
Ohio OH36$323+50%$148 – $585
Pennsylvania PA19$307+43%$159 – $878
Iowa IA15$293+36%$293 – $293
Oklahoma OK12$260+21%$260 – $260
Florida FL38$251+17%$148 – $464
Minnesota MN12$231+7%$185 – $231
Texas TX41$228+6%$196 – $287
Missouri MO15$220+2%$150 – $250
Colorado CO14$218+2%$194 – $710
Indiana IN14$217+1%$137 – $226
Georgia GA14$213−1%$94 – $213
Illinois IL18$203−6%$158 – $517
New York NY24$185−14%$138 – $185
New Jersey NJ23$173−19%$86 – $209
Louisiana LA13$165−23%$83 – $291
North Carolina NC10$161−25%$82 – $161
Wisconsin WI33$146−32%$62 – $331
Oregon OR10$137−37%$137 – $434
Michigan MI22$130−40%$117 – $177
Washington WA12$94−56%$94 – $251
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $215.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care468$220$148 – $413
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access52$146$117 – $293
Ownership
For-profit39$213$148 – $536
Government47$185$148 – $252
Non-profit437$220$146 – $414
System affiliation
Part of a system482$213$146 – $414
Independent44$227$133 – $333

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$407
Median cash price$215
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

380 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $238 and the average of the middle 60% is $249; most fall between $146 and $414.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 380 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
$117$159$238$332$526

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($117 vs $526).

Of the 390 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 380 gave a usable cash price; 2 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

526 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 544 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted526
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here10
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code544

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Bis Extracellular Fluid Alys Lymphedema Assmnt.

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, “Body fluid measurement for arm swelling (CPT 93702) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93702-body-fluid-measurement-for-arm-swelling