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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Thinning or removal of diseased nail, 6 or more nails

CPT 11721the billing code this page is about

Filing, grinding or cutting away of thickened or damaged nail material by any method, billed once when six or more nails are treated.

Hospitals typically charge $115 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,251 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $129. Most fall between $61 and $246 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,251
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,251 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
$44$68$115$213$380

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($44 vs $380).

How the prices are spread

$29 – $39: 73 hospitals$29$39 – $52: 133 hospitals$52 – $70: 272 hospitals$52$70 – $94: 326 hospitals$94 – $125: 302 hospitals$94$125 – $167: 222 hospitals$167 – $223: 287 hospitals$167$223 – $298: 173 hospitals$298 – $398: 150 hospitals$298$398 – $532: 89 hospitals$398median $115price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,027 of 2,251 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$29$3973
$39$52133
$52$70272
$70$94326
$94$125302
$125$167222
$167$223287
$223$298173
$298$398150
$398$53289

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$60
Median cash price$115
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.91×

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 $115.

Alaska: median $179 across 16 hospitalsAK$179Maine: median $68 across 22 hospitalsME$68Vermont: median $83 across 12 hospitalsVT$83New Hampshire: median $51 across 14 hospitalsNH$51Washington: median $94 across 61 hospitalsWA$94Idaho: median $166 across 20 hospitalsID$166Montana: median $74 across 19 hospitalsMT$74North Dakota: median $103 across 13 hospitalsND$103Minnesota: median $95 across 82 hospitalsMN$95Illinois: median $130 across 92 hospitalsIL$130Wisconsin: median $90 across 86 hospitalsWI$90Michigan: median $99 across 82 hospitalsMI$99New York: median $144 across 98 hospitalsNY$144Massachusetts: median $158 across 39 hospitalsMA$158Oregon: median $69 across 48 hospitalsOR$69Nevada: median $85 across 13 hospitalsNV$85Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $122 across 23 hospitalsSD$122Iowa: median $83 across 62 hospitalsIA$83Indiana: median $145 across 53 hospitalsIN$145Ohio: median $166 across 122 hospitalsOH$166Pennsylvania: median $121 across 104 hospitalsPA$121New Jersey: median $81 across 55 hospitalsNJ$81Connecticut: median $127 across 17 hospitalsCT$127Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $213 across 133 hospitalsCA$213Utah: median $176 across 29 hospitalsUT$176Colorado: median $146 across 45 hospitalsCO$146Nebraska: median $90 across 57 hospitalsNE$90Missouri: median $86 across 41 hospitalsMO$86Kentucky: median $150 across 27 hospitalsKY$150West Virginia: median $84 across 30 hospitalsWV$84Virginia: median $102 across 47 hospitalsVA$102Maryland: median $739 across 13 hospitalsMD$739Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $166 across 25 hospitalsAZ$166New Mexico: median $82 across 15 hospitalsNM$82Kansas: median $70 across 50 hospitalsKS$70Arkansas: median $71 across 13 hospitalsAR$71Tennessee: median $46 across 34 hospitalsTN$46North Carolina: median $108 across 52 hospitalsNC$108South Carolina: median $231 across 37 hospitalsSC$231Oklahoma: median $75 across 40 hospitalsOK$75Louisiana: median $89 across 39 hospitalsLA$89Mississippi: median $82 across 40 hospitalsMS$82Alabama: median $106 across 29 hospitalsAL$106Georgia: median $215 across 67 hospitalsGA$215Hawaii: median $50 across 11 hospitalsHI$50Texas: median $168 across 135 hospitalsTX$168Florida: median $182 across 67 hospitalsFL$182
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $115. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD13$739+543%$212 – $1,018
South Carolina SC37$231+100%$101 – $301
Georgia GA67$215+87%$85 – $471
California CA133$213+85%$99 – $397
Florida FL67$182+58%$107 – $382
Alaska AK16$179+56%$120 – $264
Utah UT29$176+53%$102 – $219
Texas TX135$168+46%$64 – $233
Ohio OH122$166+45%$92 – $404
Arizona AZ25$166+44%$50 – $1,013
Idaho ID20$166+44%$45 – $200
Massachusetts MA39$158+37%$85 – $323
Kentucky KY27$150+31%$56 – $239
Colorado CO45$146+27%$68 – $185
Indiana IN53$145+26%$80 – $228
New York NY98$144+25%$66 – $400
Illinois IL92$130+13%$62 – $260
Connecticut CT17$127+11%$105 – $205
South Dakota SD23$122+6%$60 – $191
Pennsylvania PA104$121+6%$58 – $312
North Carolina NC52$108−6%$72 – $182
Alabama AL29$106−7%$60 – $285
North Dakota ND13$103−10%$61 – $146
Virginia VA47$102−11%$29 – $171
Michigan MI82$99−14%$53 – $194
Minnesota MN82$95−17%$54 – $160
Washington WA61$94−18%$75 – $151
Nebraska NE57$90−22%$57 – $122
Wisconsin WI86$90−22%$78 – $121
Louisiana LA39$89−23%$42 – $155
Missouri MO41$86−25%$58 – $187
Nevada NV13$85−26%$63 – $200
West Virginia WV30$84−27%$57 – $129
Iowa IA62$83−27%$39 – $196
Vermont VT12$83−28%$64 – $145
Mississippi MS40$82−28%$55 – $131
New Mexico NM15$82−29%$44 – $123
New Jersey NJ55$81−29%$66 – $3,786
Oklahoma OK40$75−35%$50 – $141
Montana MT19$74−36%$41 – $118
Arkansas AR13$71−39%$35 – $140
Kansas KS50$70−39%$46 – $123
Oregon OR48$69−40%$48 – $153
Maine ME22$68−41%$44 – $111
New Hampshire NH14$51−55%$48 – $87
Hawaii HI11$50−56%$39 – $236
Tennessee TN34$46−60%$25 – $129
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $115.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,632$135$68 – $289
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access594$86$49 – $166
Ownership
For-profit195$170$65 – $373
Government435$88$51 – $159
Non-profit1,615$121$64 – $259
System affiliation
Part of a system1,799$124$64 – $266
Independent452$89$53 – $171

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$202
Median cash price$115
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

1,597 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $137 and the average of the middle 60% is $146; most fall between $67 and $271.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,597 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
$48$77$137$233$382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($48 vs $382).

Of the 1,717 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,597 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 81 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,251 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (57%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,414 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,251
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here77
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 — excluded86
Hospitals that filed this code2,414

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 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 non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Debridement of Nails, 6 or More.

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, “Thinning or removal of diseased nail, 6 or more nails (CPT 11721) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11721-thinning-or-removal-of-diseased-nail-6-or-more-nails