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
PIERCE SKULL FOR BIOPSY
Bakersfield, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $924 is 74% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 4% of the 1,248 hospitals reporting CPT 61140. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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