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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Removal of deep tumor in upper arm or elbow, 5 cm or more

CPT 24073the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a soft tissue growth lying beneath the fascia or within muscle of the upper arm or elbow, measuring 5 cm or more.

Hospitals typically charge $2,625 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 697 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,635. Most fall between $1,203 and $4,939 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
697
States
49
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 697 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
$861$1,364$2,625$4,391$8,108

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($861 vs $8,108).

How the prices are spread

$667 – $881: 39 hospitals$667$881 – $1,164: 58 hospitals$1,164 – $1,539: 109 hospitals$1,164$1,539 – $2,033: 67 hospitals$2,033 – $2,686: 59 hospitals$2,033$2,686 – $3,549: 105 hospitals$3,549 – $4,689: 75 hospitals$3,549$4,689 – $6,196: 57 hospitals$6,196 – $8,187: 26 hospitals$6,196$8,187 – $10,817: 35 hospitals$8,187median $2,625price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (630 of 697 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$667$88139
$881$1,16458
$1,164$1,539109
$1,539$2,03367
$2,033$2,68659
$2,686$3,549105
$3,549$4,68975
$4,689$6,19657
$6,196$8,18726
$8,187$10,81735

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,625
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.88×

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 $2,625.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,281 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,281New Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,602 across 19 hospitalsWA$1,602Idaho: median $6,379 across 11 hospitalsID$6,379Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,140 across 32 hospitalsMN$2,140Illinois: median $2,247 across 32 hospitalsIL$2,247Wisconsin: median $3,102 across 34 hospitalsWI$3,102Michigan: median $1,365 across 36 hospitalsMI$1,365New York: median $3,387 across 60 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: median $4,348 across 10 hospitalsMA$4,348Oregon: median $1,287 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,287Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,706 across 32 hospitalsIA$1,706Indiana: median $1,048 across 13 hospitalsIN$1,048Ohio: median $2,670 across 21 hospitalsOH$2,670Pennsylvania: median $1,455 across 26 hospitalsPA$1,455New Jersey: median $3,819 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,510 across 42 hospitalsCA$6,510Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,039 across 11 hospitalsNE$2,039Missouri: median $1,526 across 18 hospitalsMO$1,526Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,197 across 14 hospitalsWV$1,197Virginia: median $1,408 across 11 hospitalsVA$1,408Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,130 across 17 hospitalsKS$1,130Arkansas: 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: 4 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 $1,455 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,455Louisiana: median $4,059 across 11 hospitalsLA$4,059Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,450 across 11 hospitalsAL$3,450Georgia: median $11,629 across 13 hospitalsGA$11,629Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,337 across 33 hospitalsTX$4,337Florida: median $4,275 across 16 hospitalsFL$4,275
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,625. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA13$11,629+343%$2,946 – $13,654
California CA42$6,510+148%$1,676 – $8,366
Idaho ID11$6,379+143%$3,193 – $7,765
Massachusetts MA10$4,348+66%$2,245 – $6,107
Texas TX33$4,337+65%$2,653 – $4,376
Florida FL16$4,275+63%$2,634 – $6,277
Louisiana LA11$4,059+55%$1,454 – $5,617
New Jersey NJ32$3,819+45%$3,168 – $5,339
Alabama AL11$3,450+31%$1,203 – $10,086
New York NY60$3,387+29%$1,364 – $4,595
Wisconsin WI34$3,102+18%$2,646 – $4,803
Ohio OH21$2,670+2%$872 – $5,670
Illinois IL32$2,247−14%$1,048 – $3,063
Minnesota MN32$2,140−18%$1,412 – $3,450
Nebraska NE11$2,039−22%$1,309 – $2,328
Iowa IA32$1,706−35%$1,427 – $2,245
Washington WA19$1,602−39%$1,332 – $3,095
Missouri MO18$1,526−42%$1,074 – $4,259
Oklahoma OK15$1,455−45%$1,455 – $3,224
Pennsylvania PA26$1,455−45%$452 – $4,551
Virginia VA11$1,408−46%$466 – $9,525
Michigan MI36$1,365−48%$1,206 – $3,102
Oregon OR11$1,287−51%$1,287 – $2,366
Vermont VT10$1,281−51%$972 – $1,758
West Virginia WV14$1,197−54%$742 – $4,513
Kansas KS17$1,130−57%$950 – $1,980
Indiana IN13$1,048−60%$741 – $1,600
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,625.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care507$3,072$1,287 – $5,627
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access178$1,745$1,085 – $3,205
Ownership
For-profit66$4,337$1,455 – $9,525
Government130$1,980$1,182 – $3,450
Non-profit500$2,634$1,170 – $4,803
System affiliation
Part of a system518$2,821$1,203 – $5,070
Independent179$2,075$1,206 – $4,363

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,930
Median cash price$2,625
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

361 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,754 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,216; most fall between $1,074 and $4,444.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 361 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
$770$1,242$1,754$4,191$7,568

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($770 vs $7,568).

Of the 396 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 361 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 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

697 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 768 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted697
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code768

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 therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Tumor Soft Tiss Upper Arm/Elbw Subfasc 5cm/>.

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 deep tumor in upper arm or elbow, 5 cm or more (CPT 24073) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24073-removal-of-deep-tumor-in-upper-arm-or-elbow-5-cm-or-more