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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Heat ablation of a bone tumor through the skin

CPT 20982the billing code this page is about

Destruction of a bone tumor using radiofrequency heat delivered through a needle placed through the skin, including the imaging used to guide the needle.

Hospitals typically charge $9,291 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,477 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $9,483. Most fall between $4,606 and $16,174 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,477
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,477 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
$3,143$5,257$9,291$14,226$23,193

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,143 vs $23,193).

How the prices are spread

$1,880 – $2,493: 34 hospitals$1,880$2,493 – $3,306: 46 hospitals$3,306 – $4,385: 108 hospitals$3,306$4,385 – $5,814: 166 hospitals$5,814 – $7,710: 142 hospitals$5,814$7,710 – $10,224: 270 hospitals$10,224 – $13,557: 230 hospitals$10,224$13,557 – $17,977: 160 hospitals$17,977 – $23,839: 111 hospitals$17,977$23,839 – $31,612: 69 hospitals$23,839median $9,291price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,336 of 1,477 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,880$2,49334
$2,493$3,30646
$3,306$4,385108
$4,385$5,814166
$5,814$7,710142
$7,710$10,224270
$10,224$13,557230
$13,557$17,977160
$17,977$23,839111
$23,839$31,61269

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$17,914
Median cash price$9,291
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.52×

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 $9,291.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $8,326 across 34 hospitalsWA$8,326Idaho: median $9,279 across 12 hospitalsID$9,279Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,109 across 31 hospitalsMN$8,109Illinois: median $7,318 across 65 hospitalsIL$7,318Wisconsin: median $8,877 across 57 hospitalsWI$8,877Michigan: median $11,483 across 53 hospitalsMI$11,483New York: median $15,226 across 50 hospitalsNY$15,226Massachusetts: median $8,731 across 28 hospitalsMA$8,731Oregon: median $11,903 across 20 hospitalsOR$11,903Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $8,966 across 19 hospitalsIA$8,966Indiana: median $6,144 across 41 hospitalsIN$6,144Ohio: median $11,331 across 93 hospitalsOH$11,331Pennsylvania: median $12,743 across 67 hospitalsPA$12,743New Jersey: median $14,242 across 48 hospitalsNJ$14,242Connecticut: median $8,492 across 14 hospitalsCT$8,492Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,402 across 113 hospitalsCA$11,402Utah: median $7,903 across 23 hospitalsUT$7,903Colorado: median $8,978 across 33 hospitalsCO$8,978Nebraska: median $4,926 across 17 hospitalsNE$4,926Missouri: median $10,373 across 39 hospitalsMO$10,373Kentucky: median $36,661 across 17 hospitalsKY$36,661West Virginia: median $6,644 across 18 hospitalsWV$6,644Virginia: median $8,152 across 30 hospitalsVA$8,152Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,693 across 26 hospitalsAZ$3,693New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $6,763 across 13 hospitalsKS$6,763Arkansas: median $4,244 across 13 hospitalsAR$4,244Tennessee: median $7,368 across 21 hospitalsTN$7,368North Carolina: median $5,057 across 40 hospitalsNC$5,057South Carolina: median $13,296 across 31 hospitalsSC$13,296Oklahoma: median $6,488 across 28 hospitalsOK$6,488Louisiana: median $4,606 across 24 hospitalsLA$4,606Mississippi: median $4,335 across 20 hospitalsMS$4,335Alabama: median $12,571 across 13 hospitalsAL$12,571Georgia: median $9,773 across 54 hospitalsGA$9,773Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,438 across 128 hospitalsTX$9,438Florida: median $12,005 across 77 hospitalsFL$12,005
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $9,291. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY17$36,661+295%$8,589 – $51,665
New York NY50$15,226+64%$5,710 – $17,914
New Jersey NJ48$14,242+53%$4,881 – $17,562
South Carolina SC31$13,296+43%$4,816 – $20,909
Pennsylvania PA67$12,743+37%$7,066 – $21,753
Alabama AL13$12,571+35%$4,656 – $23,100
Florida FL77$12,005+29%$7,367 – $21,608
Oregon OR20$11,903+28%$6,063 – $17,199
Michigan MI53$11,483+24%$5,529 – $24,110
California CA113$11,402+23%$7,801 – $19,176
Ohio OH93$11,331+22%$4,118 – $18,127
Missouri MO39$10,373+12%$4,073 – $16,467
Georgia GA54$9,773+5%$5,365 – $17,500
Texas TX128$9,438+2%$6,002 – $20,909
Idaho ID12$9,2790%$4,400 – $19,343
Colorado CO33$8,978−3%$7,178 – $15,053
Iowa IA19$8,966−3%$5,529 – $11,807
Wisconsin WI57$8,877−4%$4,540 – $11,483
Massachusetts MA28$8,731−6%$5,288 – $10,807
Connecticut CT14$8,492−9%$4,659 – $29,088
Washington WA34$8,326−10%$4,780 – $12,569
Virginia VA30$8,152−12%$3,538 – $8,262
Minnesota MN31$8,109−13%$6,856 – $9,984
Utah UT23$7,903−15%$7,903 – $9,297
Tennessee TN21$7,368−21%$2,103 – $9,231
Illinois IL65$7,318−21%$3,590 – $14,212
Kansas KS13$6,763−27%$782 – $16,518
West Virginia WV18$6,644−28%$6,180 – $7,848
Oklahoma OK28$6,488−30%$601 – $8,866
Indiana IN41$6,144−34%$4,510 – $13,245
North Carolina NC40$5,057−46%$3,008 – $8,035
Nebraska NE17$4,926−47%$2,603 – $7,702
Louisiana LA24$4,606−50%$2,827 – $10,729
Mississippi MS20$4,335−53%$1,791 – $4,787
Arkansas AR13$4,244−54%$1,832 – $5,612
Arizona AZ26$3,693−60%$3,105 – $13,014
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $9,291.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,300$9,291$4,570 – $17,143
Children’s43$9,045$4,244 – $16,283
Critical access126$8,589$4,709 – $12,390
Ownership
For-profit140$9,773$5,187 – $22,426
Government175$7,563$4,131 – $15,226
Non-profit1,154$9,291$4,619 – $15,889
System affiliation
Part of a system1,290$9,297$4,709 – $15,813
Independent187$8,798$2,771 – $17,459

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$15,729
Median cash price$9,291
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,119 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $9,291 and the average of the middle 60% is $9,423; most fall between $4,592 and $15,626.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,119 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
$3,366$5,319$9,291$13,721$22,772

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,366 vs $22,772).

Of the 1,193 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,119 gave a usable cash price; 35 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 39 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,477 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (37%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,576 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,477
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded44
Hospitals that filed this code1,576

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 musculoskeletal system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ablation Bone Tumor Rf Perq W/Img Gdn When Done.

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, “Heat ablation of a bone tumor through the skin (CPT 20982) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-20982-heat-ablation-of-a-bone-tumor-through-the-skin