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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Partial removal of a rib

CPT 21600the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out part of a rib.

Hospitals typically charge $2,011 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 364 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,963. Most fall between $893 and $7,080 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
364
States
45
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 364 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
$615$1,037$2,011$5,709$8,613

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($615 vs $8,613).

How the prices are spread

$420 – $588: 12 hospitals$420$588 – $822: 36 hospitals$822 – $1,151: 41 hospitals$822$1,151 – $1,610: 46 hospitals$1,610 – $2,253: 31 hospitals$1,610$2,253 – $3,152: 35 hospitals$3,152 – $4,410: 17 hospitals$3,152$4,410 – $6,170: 39 hospitals$6,170 – $8,632: 54 hospitals$6,170$8,632 – $12,077: 17 hospitals$8,632median $2,011price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (328 of 364 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$420$58812
$588$82236
$822$1,15141
$1,151$1,61046
$1,610$2,25331
$2,253$3,15235
$3,152$4,41017
$4,410$6,17039
$6,170$8,63254
$8,632$12,07717

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,011
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.27×

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 $2,011.

Alaska: 2 hospitals 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,077 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,077Wisconsin: median $2,652 across 25 hospitalsWI$2,652Michigan: median $1,220 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,220New York: median $3,710 across 33 hospitalsNY$3,710Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,867 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,867Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,351 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,351Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,888 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,888Pennsylvania: median $1,801 across 20 hospitalsPA$1,801New Jersey: median $6,311 across 23 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,376 across 27 hospitalsCA$5,376Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 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 $755 across 12 hospitalsOK$755Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 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 $6,743 across 20 hospitalsTX$6,743Florida: median $7,171 across 11 hospitalsFL$7,171
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,011. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL11$7,171+257%$1,888 – $7,811
Texas TX20$6,743+235%$2,653 – $7,080
New Jersey NJ23$6,311+214%$4,627 – $7,914
California CA27$5,376+167%$1,638 – $5,376
New York NY33$3,710+84%$893 – $8,454
Wisconsin WI25$2,652+32%$2,652 – $2,781
Ohio OH14$1,888−6%$1,102 – $7,861
Oregon OR11$1,867−7%$1,063 – $1,867
Pennsylvania PA20$1,801−10%$356 – $11,093
Iowa IA16$1,351−33%$1,351 – $1,351
Michigan MI27$1,220−39%$1,220 – $2,652
Illinois IL12$1,077−46%$615 – $1,351
Oklahoma OK12$755−62%$755 – $755
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not 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
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,011.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care292$1,901$851 – $7,080
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access58$2,652$1,127 – $3,914
Ownership
For-profit35$3,300$706 – $7,080
Government49$1,644$1,019 – $7,811
Non-profit279$1,905$893 – $6,743
System affiliation
Part of a system297$2,652$893 – $7,080
Independent67$1,664$924 – $4,284

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,317
Median cash price$2,011
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

210 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,520 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,199; most fall between $755 and $5,376.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 210 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
$615$893$1,520$5,376$7,080

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($615 vs $7,080).

Of the 229 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 210 gave a usable cash price; 17 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

364 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 406 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted364
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code406

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 Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Partial Removal of Rib.

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, “Partial removal of a rib (CPT 21600) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21600-partial-removal-of-a-rib