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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Removal of bone cyst or benign tumor of upper arm bone

CPT 23150the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out or scrape away a cyst or noncancerous bone growth in the upper end of the arm bone, without adding a bone graft.

Hospitals typically charge $2,580 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 334 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,931. Most fall between $1,105 and $5,741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
334
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 334 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
$874$1,212$2,580$4,853$9,565

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($874 vs $9,565).

How the prices are spread

$692 – $900: 18 hospitals$692$900 – $1,170: 44 hospitals$1,170 – $1,521: 28 hospitals$1,170$1,521 – $1,978: 33 hospitals$1,978 – $2,573: 27 hospitals$1,978$2,573 – $3,345: 16 hospitals$3,345 – $4,350: 46 hospitals$3,345$4,350 – $5,657: 39 hospitals$5,657 – $7,356: 18 hospitals$5,657$7,356 – $9,565: 34 hospitals$7,356median $2,580price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (303 of 334 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$692$90018
$900$1,17044
$1,170$1,52128
$1,521$1,97833
$1,978$2,57327
$2,573$3,34516
$3,345$4,35046
$4,350$5,65739
$5,657$7,35618
$7,356$9,56534

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,580
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.77×

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 $2,580.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,272 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,272Wisconsin: median $3,319 across 12 hospitalsWI$3,319Michigan: median $1,162 across 11 hospitalsMI$1,162New York: median $3,840 across 28 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,580 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,580Nevada: 3 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 $1,638 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,638Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,317 across 11 hospitalsOH$2,317Pennsylvania: median $723 across 20 hospitalsPA$723New Jersey: median $4,350 across 28 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,565 across 24 hospitalsCA$9,565Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,105 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,105Louisiana: 2 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,247 across 20 hospitalsTX$4,247Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,580. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA24$9,565+271%$9,565 – $9,565
New Jersey NJ28$4,350+69%$3,594 – $5,741
Texas TX20$4,247+65%$2,653 – $4,853
New York NY28$3,840+49%$1,836 – $3,884
Wisconsin WI12$3,319+29%$3,319 – $4,602
Ohio OH11$2,317−10%$1,503 – $2,459
Iowa IA19$1,638−36%$1,570 – $1,775
Oregon OR12$1,580−39%$1,248 – $2,223
Illinois IL13$1,272−51%$935 – $3,667
Michigan MI11$1,162−55%$1,162 – $4,499
Oklahoma OK13$1,105−57%$1,105 – $6,615
Pennsylvania PA20$723−72%$418 – $5,038
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,580.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care260$3,553$1,124 – $5,855
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access56$1,767$935 – $3,667
Ownership
For-profit33$4,247$935 – $6,361
Government50$1,859$1,162 – $3,840
Non-profit250$3,042$1,105 – $5,741
System affiliation
Part of a system270$3,319$1,105 – $6,114
Independent64$1,791$1,124 – $4,720

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,672
Median cash price$2,580
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

172 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,836 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,486; most fall between $1,105 and $6,114.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 172 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
$935$1,105$1,836$4,853$9,565

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($935 vs $9,565).

Of the 187 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 172 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

334 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 357 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted334
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here18
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 code357

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 Excis/Curet Benign Tumr Prox Humerus.

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 bone cyst or benign tumor of upper arm bone (CPT 23150) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23150-removal-of-bone-cyst-or-benign-tumor-of-upper-arm-bone