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Procedure price report · Treatment, fracture or dislocation of radius and ulna

Open surgery for a broken elbow tip

CPT 24685the billing code this page is about

Surgery that opens the elbow to repair a break at the upper end of the inner forearm bone, the bony point of the elbow, with or without hardware or an implant.

Hospitals typically charge $3,450 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 915 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,781. Most fall between $1,274 and $12,117 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
915
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 915 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
$879$1,465$3,450$9,978$19,858

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($879 vs $19,858).

How the prices are spread

$648 – $938: 57 hospitals$648$938 – $1,357: 95 hospitals$1,357 – $1,964: 131 hospitals$1,357$1,964 – $2,843: 65 hospitals$2,843 – $4,115: 87 hospitals$2,843$4,115 – $5,955: 65 hospitals$5,955 – $8,618: 111 hospitals$5,955$8,618 – $12,472: 81 hospitals$12,472 – $18,050: 63 hospitals$12,472$18,050 – $26,123: 70 hospitals$18,050median $3,450price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (825 of 915 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$648$93857
$938$1,35795
$1,357$1,964131
$1,964$2,84365
$2,843$4,11587
$4,115$5,95565
$5,955$8,618111
$8,618$12,47281
$12,472$18,05063
$18,050$26,12370

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,450
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.47×

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 $3,450.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,134 across 10 hospitalsME$1,134Vermont: median $959 across 10 hospitalsVT$959New Hampshire: median $940 across 10 hospitalsNH$940Washington: median $1,884 across 23 hospitalsWA$1,884Idaho: median $5,506 across 16 hospitalsID$5,506Montana: median $2,016 across 13 hospitalsMT$2,016North Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,452 across 37 hospitalsMN$2,452Illinois: median $1,606 across 30 hospitalsIL$1,606Wisconsin: median $3,450 across 41 hospitalsWI$3,450Michigan: median $1,516 across 40 hospitalsMI$1,516New York: median $8,454 across 60 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,821 across 27 hospitalsOR$1,821Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,606 across 38 hospitalsIA$1,606Indiana: median $1,486 across 22 hospitalsIN$1,486Ohio: median $17,441 across 35 hospitalsOH$17,441Pennsylvania: median $6,004 across 30 hospitalsPA$6,004New Jersey: median $6,839 across 33 hospitalsNJ$6,839Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,134 across 63 hospitalsCA$4,134Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,398 across 12 hospitalsCO$1,398Nebraska: median $1,997 across 17 hospitalsNE$1,997Missouri: median $6,826 across 29 hospitalsMO$6,826Kentucky: median $978 across 13 hospitalsKY$978West Virginia: median $4,507 across 22 hospitalsWV$4,507Virginia: median $6,804 across 17 hospitalsVA$6,804Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,852 across 12 hospitalsAZ$2,852New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,693 across 21 hospitalsKS$1,693Arkansas: median $3,378 across 10 hospitalsAR$3,378Tennessee: median $8,230 across 17 hospitalsTN$8,230North Carolina: median $4,701 across 10 hospitalsNC$4,701South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,374 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,374Louisiana: median $7,036 across 19 hospitalsLA$7,036Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,476 across 15 hospitalsAL$6,476Georgia: median $6,653 across 13 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,253 across 43 hospitalsTX$7,253Florida: median $11,175 across 13 hospitalsFL$11,175
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,450. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH35$17,441+406%$1,610 – $28,285
Florida FL13$11,175+224%$2,176 – $20,923
New York NY60$8,454+145%$1,652 – $13,784
Tennessee TN17$8,230+139%$672 – $11,710
Texas TX43$7,253+110%$4,712 – $11,935
Louisiana LA19$7,036+104%$3,414 – $13,314
New Jersey NJ33$6,839+98%$4,350 – $8,413
Missouri MO29$6,826+98%$1,019 – $18,649
Virginia VA17$6,804+97%$5,670 – $23,911
Georgia GA13$6,653+93%$6,653 – $16,800
Alabama AL15$6,476+88%$1,840 – $15,810
Pennsylvania PA30$6,004+74%$428 – $13,461
Idaho ID16$5,506+60%$1,327 – $12,106
North Carolina NC10$4,701+36%$1,591 – $11,573
West Virginia WV22$4,507+31%$718 – $12,615
California CA63$4,134+20%$1,664 – $19,858
Wisconsin WI41$3,4500%$2,712 – $6,166
Arkansas AR10$3,378−2%$1,336 – $4,411
Arizona AZ12$2,852−17%$1,022 – $24,876
Minnesota MN37$2,452−29%$1,426 – $3,252
Montana MT13$2,016−42%$732 – $6,453
Nebraska NE17$1,997−42%$1,353 – $6,371
Washington WA23$1,884−45%$1,267 – $11,682
Oregon OR27$1,821−47%$1,224 – $2,183
Kansas KS21$1,693−51%$937 – $6,836
Iowa IA38$1,606−53%$1,212 – $2,108
Illinois IL30$1,606−53%$706 – $3,363
Michigan MI40$1,516−56%$1,232 – $9,978
Indiana IN22$1,486−57%$706 – $12,483
Colorado CO12$1,398−59%$950 – $10,860
Oklahoma OK14$1,374−60%$1,374 – $15,474
Maine ME10$1,134−67%$568 – $1,465
Kentucky KY13$978−72%$658 – $8,698
Vermont VT10$959−72%$338 – $1,672
New Hampshire NH10$940−73%$528 – $1,743
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $3,450.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care644$6,210$1,516 – $15,155
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access250$1,628$1,034 – $3,450
Ownership
For-profit111$9,775$2,861 – $20,274
Government167$2,062$1,200 – $8,454
Non-profit635$3,450$1,236 – $12,077
System affiliation
Part of a system685$4,350$1,374 – $13,784
Independent230$2,171$1,145 – $7,910

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,371
Median cash price$3,450
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

424 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,930 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,690; most fall between $950 and $6,653.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 424 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
$706$1,120$1,930$5,926$14,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($706 vs $14,738).

Of the 475 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 424 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

915 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,026 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted915
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code1,026

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 Treatment, fracture or dislocation of radius and ulna family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Open Treatment Ulnar Fracture Proximal End.

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, “Open surgery for a broken elbow tip (CPT 24685) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24685-open-surgery-for-a-broken-elbow-tip