Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Biopsy Oropharynx
Low
$0
Average
$2.1k
Median
$1.6k
High
$35k
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| 1 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA | $1.8k | $1.9k | $219 | 12% | 22–121 | $1.8k – $2.6k |
| 2 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $1.3k | $1.9k | $911 | 48% | 12–120 | $1.0k – $3.3k |
| 3 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $2.4k | $2.8k | $725 | 25% | 10–100 | $2.4k – $4.0k |
| 4 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | 5–50 | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 5 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN | $1.4k | $952 | $963 | 101% | 4–40 | $0 – $3.0k |
| 6 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | 4–40 | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 7 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $1.5k | $1.6k | $216 | 14% | 3–30 | $1.5k – $2.4k |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $1.5k | $1.6k | $216 | 14% | 3–30 | $1.5k – $2.4k |
| 9 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Twin Falls, ID | $1.7k | $1.8k | $49 | 3% | 2–20 | $1.7k – $1.9k |
| 10 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Falls, MT | $1.6k | $2.0k | $1.0k | 50% | 2–20 | $1.6k – $4.6k |
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