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Procedure price report · Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage

Opening the elbow joint to release a tight joint lining

CPT 24006the billing code this page is about

Surgery that opens the elbow and removes or cuts part of the joint capsule to relieve stiffness and improve motion.

Hospitals typically charge $2,786 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 368 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,897. Most fall between $1,335 and $5,232 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
368
States
42
Filings dated
Mar 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 368 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
$1,020$1,444$2,786$4,822$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,020 vs $7,969).

How the prices are spread

$643 – $841: 10 hospitals$643$841 – $1,100: 10 hospitals$1,100 – $1,439: 53 hospitals$1,100$1,439 – $1,883: 60 hospitals$1,883 – $2,463: 25 hospitals$1,883$2,463 – $3,223: 20 hospitals$3,223 – $4,216: 57 hospitals$3,223$4,216 – $5,516: 46 hospitals$5,516 – $7,216: 21 hospitals$5,516$7,216 – $9,441: 30 hospitals$7,216median $2,786price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (332 of 368 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$643$84110
$841$1,10010
$1,100$1,43953
$1,439$1,88360
$1,883$2,46325
$2,463$3,22320
$3,223$4,21657
$4,216$5,51646
$5,516$7,21621
$7,216$9,44130

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,786
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.83×

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 $2,786.

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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $4,800 across 10 hospitalsID$4,800Montana: 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 $1,315 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,315Wisconsin: median $3,543 across 10 hospitalsWI$3,543Michigan: median $1,496 across 25 hospitalsMI$1,496New York: median $3,840 across 25 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,578 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,578Nevada: 3 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 $1,754 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,754Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,786 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,786Pennsylvania: median $2,701 across 19 hospitalsPA$2,701New Jersey: median $4,558 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,558Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,232 across 46 hospitalsCA$5,232Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,160 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,160Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $4,822 across 22 hospitalsTX$4,822Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,786. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA46$5,232+88%$1,472 – $7,969
Texas TX22$4,822+73%$2,653 – $4,822
Idaho ID10$4,800+72%$2,342 – $8,372
New Jersey NJ31$4,558+64%$3,594 – $5,419
New York NY25$3,840+38%$2,219 – $4,084
Wisconsin WI10$3,543+27%$3,543 – $3,543
Ohio OH13$2,7860%$1,435 – $3,258
Pennsylvania PA19$2,701−3%$447 – $5,486
Iowa IA15$1,754−37%$1,754 – $1,754
Oregon OR14$1,578−43%$1,335 – $2,372
Michigan MI25$1,496−46%$1,496 – $4,499
Illinois IL14$1,315−53%$547 – $4,076
Oklahoma OK13$1,160−58%$1,160 – $6,615
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not 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
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $2,786.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care299$3,257$1,335 – $5,741
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access56$1,739$1,280 – $3,543
Ownership
For-profit40$4,720$1,233 – $8,372
Government50$1,700$1,231 – $3,840
Non-profit277$2,786$1,335 – $5,419
System affiliation
Part of a system290$3,343$1,364 – $5,855
Independent78$1,977$1,231 – $4,076

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,830
Median cash price$2,786
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

200 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,779 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,726; most fall between $1,186 and $6,830.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 200 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
$1,009$1,335$1,779$5,232$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,009 vs $7,969).

Of the 222 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 200 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 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

368 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 411 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted368
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code411

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 Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrt Elbow Capsular Excision Capsular Rls Spx.

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, “Opening the elbow joint to release a tight joint lining (CPT 24006) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24006-opening-the-elbow-joint-to-release-a-tight-joint-lining