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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Repair of the outer elbow ligament using nearby tissue

CPT 24343the billing code this page is about

Surgery to repair the lateral collateral ligament of the elbow using the patient's own adjacent tissue rather than a graft.

Hospitals typically charge $3,265 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 566 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,044. Most fall between $1,342 and $5,408 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
566
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 566 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
$909$1,501$3,265$4,640$9,441

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($909 vs $9,441).

How the prices are spread

$660 – $914: 38 hospitals$660$914 – $1,267: 31 hospitals$1,267 – $1,754: 80 hospitals$1,267$1,754 – $2,430: 66 hospitals$2,430 – $3,366: 69 hospitals$2,430$3,366 – $4,663: 118 hospitals$4,663 – $6,459: 44 hospitals$4,663$6,459 – $8,948: 31 hospitals$8,948 – $12,395: 15 hospitals$8,948$12,395 – $17,169: 20 hospitals$12,395median $3,265price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (512 of 566 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$660$91438
$914$1,26731
$1,267$1,75480
$1,754$2,43066
$2,430$3,36669
$3,366$4,663118
$4,663$6,45944
$6,459$8,94831
$8,948$12,39515
$12,395$17,16920

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,265
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

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 $3,265.

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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,413 across 10 hospitalsWA$2,413Idaho: median $3,910 across 13 hospitalsID$3,910Montana: 5 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 $3,548 across 23 hospitalsMN$3,548Illinois: median $1,356 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,356Wisconsin: median $3,328 across 30 hospitalsWI$3,328Michigan: median $1,370 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,370New York: median $3,840 across 36 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,134 across 17 hospitalsOR$2,134Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $1,745 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,745Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,382 across 19 hospitalsOH$2,382Pennsylvania: median $3,139 across 25 hospitalsPA$3,139New Jersey: median $4,881 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,875 across 33 hospitalsCA$3,875Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,571 across 15 hospitalsCO$3,571Nebraska: median $1,817 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,817Missouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,776 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,776Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 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 $1,501 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,501Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,170 across 10 hospitalsAL$3,170Georgia: median $6,653 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,096 across 42 hospitalsTX$4,096Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,265. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$6,653+104%$3,413 – $6,653
New Jersey NJ33$4,881+49%$3,594 – $14,930
Texas TX42$4,096+25%$3,406 – $4,096
Idaho ID13$3,910+20%$1,594 – $8,372
California CA33$3,875+19%$1,848 – $3,875
New York NY36$3,840+18%$1,497 – $3,884
Colorado CO15$3,571+9%$1,238 – $4,536
Minnesota MN23$3,548+9%$2,115 – $4,640
Wisconsin WI30$3,328+2%$3,318 – $4,770
Alabama AL10$3,170−3%$1,999 – $26,201
Pennsylvania PA25$3,139−4%$469 – $5,486
Washington WA10$2,413−26%$1,342 – $4,387
Ohio OH19$2,382−27%$1,407 – $38,420
Oregon OR17$2,134−35%$1,342 – $2,386
Nebraska NE10$1,817−44%$1,059 – $2,683
West Virginia WV16$1,776−46%$783 – $3,099
Iowa IA19$1,745−47%$1,745 – $2,084
Oklahoma OK13$1,501−54%$1,501 – $6,615
Michigan MI33$1,370−58%$1,285 – $4,499
Illinois IL16$1,356−58%$909 – $2,995
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,265.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care437$3,406$1,364 – $5,741
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access113$2,133$1,059 – $4,096
Ownership
For-profit77$4,096$1,932 – $9,441
Government88$2,079$1,238 – $4,752
Non-profit399$3,318$1,285 – $4,914
System affiliation
Part of a system444$3,362$1,342 – $5,729
Independent122$2,230$1,296 – $4,720

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,664
Median cash price$3,265
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

264 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,191 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,634; most fall between $1,229 and $4,096.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 264 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
$812$1,342$2,191$3,875$5,486

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($812 vs $5,486).

Of the 292 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 264 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

566 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 625 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted566
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code625

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 OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Repr Elbow Lat Ligmnt W/Tiss.

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, “Repair of the outer elbow ligament using nearby tissue (CPT 24343) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24343-repair-of-the-outer-elbow-ligament-using-nearby-tissue