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Repair of inner elbow ligament using nearby tissue

CPT 24345the billing code this page is about

Open repair of the ligament on the inner side of the elbow using the patient's own surrounding tissue rather than a separate tendon graft.

Hospitals typically charge $3,318 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 406 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,847. Most fall between $1,177 and $8,454 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
406
States
47
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 406 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
$840$1,329$3,318$7,425$11,396

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($840 vs $11,396).

How the prices are spread

$713 – $965: 39 hospitals$713$965 – $1,307: 40 hospitals$1,307 – $1,769: 41 hospitals$1,307$1,769 – $2,394: 46 hospitals$2,394 – $3,241: 13 hospitals$2,394$3,241 – $4,388: 27 hospitals$4,388 – $5,940: 47 hospitals$4,388$5,940 – $8,042: 41 hospitals$8,042 – $10,887: 49 hospitals$8,042$10,887 – $14,738: 23 hospitals$10,887median $3,318price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (366 of 406 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$713$96539
$965$1,30740
$1,307$1,76941
$1,769$2,39446
$2,394$3,24113
$3,241$4,38827
$4,388$5,94047
$5,940$8,04241
$8,042$10,88749
$10,887$14,73823

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,318
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.45×

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 $3,318.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $10,082 across 10 hospitalsID$10,082Montana: 6 hospitals 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 $1,351 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,351Wisconsin: median $3,318 across 17 hospitalsWI$3,318Michigan: median $1,051 across 25 hospitalsMI$1,051New York: median $8,454 across 28 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 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 $1,729 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,729Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,382 across 14 hospitalsOH$2,382Pennsylvania: median $5,050 across 19 hospitalsPA$5,050New Jersey: median $5,855 across 29 hospitalsNJ$5,855Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,509 across 27 hospitalsCA$9,509Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,294 across 11 hospitalsNE$2,294Missouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,884 across 12 hospitalsWV$1,884Virginia: 2 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: 5 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: 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 $1,177 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,177Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,919 across 39 hospitalsTX$4,919Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,318. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$10,082+204%$3,296 – $14,738
California CA27$9,509+187%$1,955 – $9,509
New York NY28$8,454+155%$1,141 – $8,613
New Jersey NJ29$5,855+76%$3,813 – $7,914
Pennsylvania PA19$5,050+52%$445 – $12,077
Texas TX39$4,919+48%$4,919 – $5,887
Wisconsin WI17$3,3180%$3,318 – $6,510
Ohio OH14$2,382−28%$1,394 – $3,234
Nebraska NE11$2,294−31%$1,203 – $3,112
West Virginia WV12$1,884−43%$780 – $7,164
Iowa IA17$1,729−48%$1,729 – $1,866
Illinois IL14$1,351−59%$840 – $4,874
Oklahoma OK13$1,177−65%$1,177 – $14,565
Michigan MI25$1,051−68%$851 – $1,894
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $3,318.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care324$4,350$1,203 – $9,072
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access74$1,854$840 – $5,887
Ownership
For-profit50$4,919$1,203 – $11,620
Government67$1,997$1,233 – $8,454
Non-profit289$3,318$1,177 – $8,413
System affiliation
Part of a system321$3,813$1,177 – $8,454
Independent85$2,137$1,207 – $7,112

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,107
Median cash price$3,318
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

201 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,984 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,977; most fall between $1,177 and $6,653.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 201 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
$840$1,236$1,984$5,887$9,509

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($840 vs $9,509).

Of the 222 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 201 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 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

406 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 450 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted406
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
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 — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code450

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 Repair Medial Collateral Ligament Elbow.

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 inner elbow ligament using nearby tissue (CPT 24345) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24345-repair-of-inner-elbow-ligament-using-nearby-tissue