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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Tendon graft taken from another part of the body

CPT 20924the billing code this page is about

Harvesting a tendon from a site away from the surgical area, such as the wrist or lower leg, for use in a repair elsewhere; covers only the taking of the graft.

Hospitals typically charge $2,229 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 383 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,906. Most fall between $832 and $7,807 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
383
States
46
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 383 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
$563$917$2,229$6,145$9,791

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($563 vs $9,791).

How the prices are spread

$411 – $587: 22 hospitals$411$587 – $839: 39 hospitals$839 – $1,199: 49 hospitals$839$1,199 – $1,712: 42 hospitals$1,712 – $2,445: 27 hospitals$1,712$2,445 – $3,493: 29 hospitals$3,493 – $4,989: 24 hospitals$3,493$4,989 – $7,127: 48 hospitals$7,127 – $10,180: 50 hospitals$7,127$10,180 – $14,540: 16 hospitals$10,180median $2,229price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (346 of 383 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$411$58722
$587$83939
$839$1,19949
$1,199$1,71242
$1,712$2,44527
$2,445$3,49329
$3,493$4,98924
$4,989$7,12748
$7,127$10,18050
$10,180$14,54016

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,229
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.30×

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 $2,229.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,910 across 10 hospitalsID$3,910Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,837 across 10 hospitalsMN$1,837Illinois: median $921 across 14 hospitalsIL$921Wisconsin: median $2,582 across 22 hospitalsWI$2,582Michigan: median $972 across 18 hospitalsMI$972New York: median $8,454 across 26 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $941 across 12 hospitalsOR$941Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,248 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,248Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,737 across 13 hospitalsOH$1,737Pennsylvania: median $2,682 across 21 hospitalsPA$2,682New Jersey: median $7,907 across 29 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,026 across 28 hospitalsCA$6,026Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $832 across 13 hospitalsOK$832Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,565 across 24 hospitalsTX$3,565Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,229. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New York NY26$8,454+279%$825 – $8,454
New Jersey NJ29$7,907+255%$5,110 – $9,532
California CA28$6,026+170%$1,448 – $6,026
Idaho ID10$3,910+75%$1,207 – $14,738
Texas TX24$3,565+60%$1,838 – $5,887
Pennsylvania PA21$2,682+20%$329 – $11,093
Wisconsin WI22$2,582+16%$2,514 – $2,582
Minnesota MN10$1,837−18%$990 – $3,319
Ohio OH13$1,737−22%$973 – $4,284
Iowa IA17$1,248−44%$1,248 – $1,250
Michigan MI18$972−56%$778 – $9,978
Oregon OR12$941−58%$941 – $1,680
Illinois IL14$921−59%$388 – $1,248
Oklahoma OK13$832−63%$832 – $5,696
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $2,229.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care288$3,565$838 – $8,454
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access84$1,248$713 – $2,582
Ownership
For-profit43$3,910$832 – $11,620
Government71$1,448$913 – $8,454
Non-profit268$2,291$832 – $6,386
System affiliation
Part of a system288$2,582$832 – $8,413
Independent95$1,328$794 – $4,743

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,935
Median cash price$2,229
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

209 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,757 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,672; most fall between $832 and $6,026.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 209 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
$601$887$1,757$5,927$10,468

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($601 vs $10,468).

Of the 233 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 209 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

383 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 427 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted383
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code427

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tendon Graft From a Distance.

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, “Tendon graft taken from another part of the body (CPT 20924) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-20924-tendon-graft-taken-from-another-part-of-the-body