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

Opening the elbow joint to remove joint lining

CPT 24102the billing code this page is about

Surgical opening of the elbow joint with removal of inflamed joint lining (synovium).

Hospitals typically charge $2,353 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 352 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,733. Most fall between $1,105 and $5,038 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
352
States
44
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 352 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
$969$1,193$2,353$4,330$7,235

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($969 vs $7,235).

How the prices are spread

$699 – $896: 9 hospitals$699$896 – $1,149: 53 hospitals$1,149 – $1,473: 25 hospitals$1,149$1,473 – $1,888: 45 hospitals$1,888 – $2,420: 30 hospitals$1,888$2,420 – $3,101: 11 hospitals$3,101 – $3,975: 40 hospitals$3,101$3,975 – $5,096: 53 hospitals$5,096 – $6,532: 19 hospitals$5,096$6,532 – $8,372: 35 hospitals$6,532median $2,353price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (320 of 352 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$699$8969
$896$1,14953
$1,149$1,47325
$1,473$1,88845
$1,888$2,42030
$2,420$3,10111
$3,101$3,97540
$3,975$5,09653
$5,096$6,53219
$6,532$8,37235

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,353
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

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 $2,353.

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: 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,910 across 10 hospitalsID$3,910Montana: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,175 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,175Wisconsin: median $3,990 across 12 hospitalsWI$3,990Michigan: median $1,692 across 25 hospitalsMI$1,692New York: median $3,840 across 27 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,155 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,155Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $1,518 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,518Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,148 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,148Pennsylvania: median $4,720 across 11 hospitalsPA$4,720New Jersey: median $4,077 across 29 hospitalsNJ$4,077Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,235 across 29 hospitalsCA$7,235Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,023 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,023Louisiana: 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $4,302 across 22 hospitalsTX$4,302Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,353. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA29$7,235+208%$1,840 – $7,235
Pennsylvania PA11$4,720+101%$3,139 – $6,114
Texas TX22$4,302+83%$2,054 – $4,302
New Jersey NJ29$4,077+73%$3,591 – $5,419
Wisconsin WI12$3,990+70%$2,836 – $3,990
Idaho ID10$3,910+66%$1,967 – $8,372
New York NY27$3,840+63%$1,954 – $3,884
Ohio OH13$2,148−9%$1,250 – $2,797
Michigan MI25$1,692−28%$1,538 – $4,499
Iowa IA17$1,518−35%$1,244 – $1,518
Illinois IL13$1,175−50%$1,075 – $3,738
Oregon OR11$1,155−51%$1,155 – $2,058
Oklahoma OK13$1,023−57%$1,023 – $5,735
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not 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
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $2,353.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care290$3,089$1,145 – $5,317
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access52$1,692$1,056 – $3,990
Ownership
For-profit40$3,399$1,075 – $8,097
Government57$1,617$1,022 – $3,840
Non-profit254$2,552$1,155 – $5,223
System affiliation
Part of a system273$3,228$1,155 – $5,735
Independent79$1,702$1,011 – $3,571

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,845
Median cash price$2,353
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

189 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,583 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,334; most fall between $1,071 and $6,114.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 189 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
$904$1,075$1,583$4,302$7,235

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($904 vs $7,235).

Of the 222 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 189 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

352 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 400 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted352
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
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 — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code400

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 Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrotomy Elbow W/Synovectomy.

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, “Opening the elbow joint to remove joint lining (CPT 24102) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24102-opening-the-elbow-joint-to-remove-joint-lining