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Elbow outer ligament rebuilt with a tendon graft

CPT 24344the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to reconstruct the ligament on the outer side of the elbow using a tendon graft, including taking the graft from elsewhere in the body.

Hospitals typically charge $4,069 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 341 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,185. Most fall between $1,821 and $9,961 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
341
States
41
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 341 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
$1,285$2,053$4,069$9,331$15,384

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,285 vs $15,384).

How the prices are spread

$855 – $1,153: 11 hospitals$855$1,153 – $1,554: 20 hospitals$1,554 – $2,096: 41 hospitals$1,554$2,096 – $2,826: 38 hospitals$2,826 – $3,811: 35 hospitals$2,826$3,811 – $5,139: 25 hospitals$5,139 – $6,929: 24 hospitals$5,139$6,929 – $9,344: 48 hospitals$9,344 – $12,600: 37 hospitals$9,344$12,600 – $16,990: 31 hospitals$12,600median $4,069price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (310 of 341 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$855$1,15311
$1,153$1,55420
$1,554$2,09641
$2,096$2,82638
$2,826$3,81135
$3,811$5,13925
$5,139$6,92924
$6,929$9,34448
$9,344$12,60037
$12,600$16,99031

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,069
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.55×

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 $4,069.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $10,639 across 11 hospitalsID$10,639Montana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,052 across 13 hospitalsIL$2,052Wisconsin: median $3,531 across 22 hospitalsWI$3,531Michigan: median $1,692 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,692New York: median $8,454 across 25 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 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 $2,696 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,696Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $3,955 across 11 hospitalsOH$3,955Pennsylvania: median $5,050 across 20 hospitalsPA$5,050New Jersey: median $7,907 across 29 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $16,990 across 25 hospitalsCA$16,990Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 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 $1,821 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,821Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 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 $9,961 across 22 hospitalsTX$9,961Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,069. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA25$16,990+318%$3,247 – $16,990
Idaho ID11$10,639+161%$3,470 – $14,738
Texas TX22$9,961+145%$6,210 – $9,961
New York NY25$8,454+108%$1,795 – $8,613
New Jersey NJ29$7,907+94%$5,110 – $9,533
Pennsylvania PA20$5,050+24%$688 – $11,093
Ohio OH11$3,955−3%$2,297 – $4,069
Wisconsin WI22$3,531−13%$3,531 – $4,799
Iowa IA18$2,696−34%$2,696 – $3,235
Illinois IL13$2,052−50%$841 – $2,696
Oklahoma OK13$1,821−55%$1,821 – $14,565
Michigan MI27$1,692−58%$1,285 – $3,531
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $4,069.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care274$5,741$1,821 – $9,961
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access57$3,470$1,873 – $4,799
Ownership
For-profit39$7,575$1,819 – $17,443
Government52$3,444$1,991 – $8,454
Non-profit250$3,955$1,821 – $9,961
System affiliation
Part of a system278$4,799$1,821 – $9,961
Independent63$3,247$1,771 – $7,861

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,621
Median cash price$4,069
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

178 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,531 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,455; most fall between $1,821 and $10,928.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 178 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
$1,350$2,053$3,531$9,961$16,990

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,350 vs $16,990).

Of the 199 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 178 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

341 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 378 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted341
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here29
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code378

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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rcnstj Lat Coltrl Ligm Elbow W/Tendon Graft.

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, “Elbow outer ligament rebuilt with a tendon graft (CPT 24344) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24344-elbow-outer-ligament-rebuilt-with-a-tendon-graft