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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Removal of cancerous tumor of the lower jaw

CPT 21044the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out a malignant tumor involving the lower jawbone.

Hospitals typically charge $4,079 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 258 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,131. Most fall between $1,420 and $7,659 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
258
States
41
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 258 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
$1,084$1,546$4,079$7,000$11,295

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,084 vs $11,295).

How the prices are spread

$807 – $1,064: 15 hospitals$807$1,064 – $1,402: 17 hospitals$1,402 – $1,847: 32 hospitals$1,402$1,847 – $2,434: 25 hospitals$2,434 – $3,207: 13 hospitals$2,434$3,207 – $4,226: 17 hospitals$4,226 – $5,568: 21 hospitals$4,226$5,568 – $7,337: 53 hospitals$7,337 – $9,668: 17 hospitals$7,337$9,668 – $12,739: 26 hospitals$9,668median $4,079price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (236 of 258 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$807$1,06415
$1,064$1,40217
$1,402$1,84732
$1,847$2,43425
$2,434$3,20713
$3,207$4,22617
$4,226$5,56821
$5,568$7,33753
$7,337$9,66817
$9,668$12,73926

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,079
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.67×

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 $4,079.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,487 across 10 hospitalsIL$1,487Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $7,000 across 22 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,149 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,149Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $3,802 across 19 hospitalsPA$3,802New Jersey: median $6,465 across 23 hospitalsNJ$6,465Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,295 across 22 hospitalsCA$11,295Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,420 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,420Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,168 across 20 hospitalsTX$6,168Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,079. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA22$11,295+177%$11,295 – $11,295
New York NY22$7,000+72%$3,710 – $7,000
New Jersey NJ23$6,465+58%$4,881 – $6,839
Texas TX20$6,168+51%$2,995 – $6,168
Pennsylvania PA19$3,802−7%$533 – $10,001
Iowa IA14$2,149−47%$2,149 – $2,149
Illinois IL10$1,487−64%$1,238 – $1,967
Oklahoma OK12$1,420−65%$1,420 – $1,420
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not 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 $4,079.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care224$4,550$1,420 – $8,140
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access27$3,945$1,394 – $6,168
Ownership
For-profit26$3,050$1,238 – $8,913
Government38$2,988$1,502 – $7,000
Non-profit193$4,323$1,420 – $7,659
System affiliation
Part of a system209$4,881$1,420 – $8,640
Independent49$2,282$1,434 – $5,938

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,556
Median cash price$4,079
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

138 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,580 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,808; most fall between $1,420 and $11,147.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 138 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
$1,084$1,420$2,580$6,548$11,295

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,084 vs $11,295).

Of the 154 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 138 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

258 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 282 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted258
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here20
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 — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code282

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Remv Malig Jaw Bone Lesion.

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, “Removal of cancerous tumor of the lower jaw (CPT 21044) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21044-removal-of-cancerous-tumor-of-the-lower-jaw