HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

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

Freezing ablation of a bone tumor through the skin

CPT 20983the billing code this page is about

Destruction of a bone tumor, and nearby soft tissue if involved, using a freezing probe passed through the skin, including the imaging used to guide it.

Hospitals typically charge $8,148 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,090 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,812. Most fall between $4,851 and $14,738 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,090
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 1,090 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
$2,806$5,530$8,148$13,669$21,360

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,806 vs $21,360).

How the prices are spread

$1,824 – $2,387: 31 hospitals$1,824$2,387 – $3,124: 37 hospitals$3,124 – $4,088: 61 hospitals$3,124$4,088 – $5,351: 81 hospitals$5,351 – $7,002: 133 hospitals$5,351$7,002 – $9,164: 218 hospitals$9,164 – $11,993: 153 hospitals$9,164$11,993 – $15,696: 120 hospitals$15,696 – $20,542: 79 hospitals$15,696$20,542 – $26,884: 73 hospitals$20,542median $8,148price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (986 of 1,090 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,824$2,38731
$2,387$3,12437
$3,124$4,08861
$4,088$5,35181
$5,351$7,002133
$7,002$9,164218
$9,164$11,993153
$11,993$15,696120
$15,696$20,54279
$20,542$26,88473

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$8,148
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

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 $8,148.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $10,442 across 26 hospitalsWA$10,442Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,303 across 21 hospitalsMN$8,303Illinois: median $9,731 across 52 hospitalsIL$9,731Wisconsin: median $5,285 across 35 hospitalsWI$5,285Michigan: median $9,978 across 38 hospitalsMI$9,978New York: median $8,613 across 38 hospitalsNY$8,613Massachusetts: median $9,398 across 15 hospitalsMA$9,398Oregon: median $10,911 across 23 hospitalsOR$10,911Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $13,893 across 19 hospitalsIA$13,893Indiana: median $5,277 across 30 hospitalsIN$5,277Ohio: median $7,862 across 80 hospitalsOH$7,862Pennsylvania: median $10,468 across 47 hospitalsPA$10,468New Jersey: median $7,907 across 42 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: median $8,816 across 10 hospitalsCT$8,816Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $10,937 across 85 hospitalsCA$10,937Utah: median $7,726 across 12 hospitalsUT$7,726Colorado: median $8,353 across 31 hospitalsCO$8,353Nebraska: median $4,351 across 16 hospitalsNE$4,351Missouri: median $8,384 across 28 hospitalsMO$8,384Kentucky: median $28,685 across 15 hospitalsKY$28,685West Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $9,458 across 33 hospitalsVA$9,458Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,139 across 16 hospitalsAZ$4,139New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $4,884 across 10 hospitalsAR$4,884Tennessee: median $9,072 across 21 hospitalsTN$9,072North Carolina: median $5,675 across 22 hospitalsNC$5,675South Carolina: median $6,704 across 26 hospitalsSC$6,704Oklahoma: median $5,006 across 23 hospitalsOK$5,006Louisiana: median $5,602 across 13 hospitalsLA$5,602Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,403 across 46 hospitalsGA$6,403Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,896 across 80 hospitalsTX$7,896Florida: median $10,951 across 67 hospitalsFL$10,951
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $8,148. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY15$28,685+252%$5,076 – $36,661
Iowa IA19$13,893+70%$3,745 – $13,893
Florida FL67$10,951+34%$7,303 – $21,802
California CA85$10,937+34%$7,031 – $20,014
Oregon OR23$10,911+34%$619 – $19,741
Pennsylvania PA47$10,468+28%$5,863 – $18,135
Washington WA26$10,442+28%$8,148 – $14,526
Michigan MI38$9,978+22%$6,257 – $21,935
Illinois IL52$9,731+19%$4,450 – $13,893
Virginia VA33$9,458+16%$8,861 – $12,071
Massachusetts MA15$9,398+15%$3,473 – $11,242
Tennessee TN21$9,072+11%$787 – $13,934
Connecticut CT10$8,816+8%$7,543 – $23,646
New York NY38$8,613+6%$8,454 – $16,546
Missouri MO28$8,384+3%$5,530 – $12,145
Colorado CO31$8,353+3%$4,859 – $10,877
Minnesota MN21$8,303+2%$7,651 – $9,742
New Jersey NJ42$7,907−3%$4,881 – $9,532
Texas TX80$7,896−3%$7,205 – $23,886
Ohio OH80$7,862−4%$4,565 – $17,306
Utah UT12$7,726−5%$7,726 – $7,726
South Carolina SC26$6,704−18%$6,180 – $9,521
Georgia GA46$6,403−21%$3,508 – $14,475
North Carolina NC22$5,675−30%$2,415 – $5,751
Louisiana LA13$5,602−31%$4,564 – $8,810
Wisconsin WI35$5,285−35%$1,892 – $6,580
Indiana IN30$5,277−35%$3,922 – $7,833
Oklahoma OK23$5,006−39%$563 – $7,143
Arkansas AR10$4,884−40%$1,701 – $9,524
Nebraska NE16$4,351−47%$2,594 – $6,099
Arizona AZ16$4,139−49%$3,379 – $6,070
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $8,148.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care959$8,289$4,898 – $15,434
Children’s38$10,330$4,882 – $18,810
Critical access85$6,728$1,892 – $12,134
Ownership
For-profit87$7,541$3,810 – $20,936
Government120$7,042$4,709 – $13,729
Non-profit875$8,384$4,898 – $14,727
System affiliation
Part of a system986$8,133$4,851 – $14,738
Independent104$8,563$4,620 – $13,939

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$15,046
Median cash price$8,148
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

869 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $8,353 and the average of the middle 60% is $9,121; most fall between $4,709 and $15,642.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 869 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
$2,789$5,444$8,353$13,893$21,360

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,789 vs $21,360).

Of the 917 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 869 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,090 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,163 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,090
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
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 — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code1,163

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 Ablatj Bone Tumor Cryo Perq W/Img Gdn When Prfmd.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Freezing ablation of a bone tumor through the skin (CPT 20983) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-20983-freezing-ablation-of-a-bone-tumor-through-the-skin