Salary expectations: how do you answer?, medical assistant here

A recruiter asked for my salary expectations on a first call as I look for work as a medical assistant. There are 15 people counting on me, so I am trying to be careful. I do not want to price myself out. Does giving a range hurt?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.