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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Wide removal of forearm or wrist tumor, 3 cm or larger

CPT 25078the billing code this page is about

Extensive removal of a soft tissue tumor of the forearm or wrist along with a margin of surrounding healthy tissue, for a tumor 3 cm or larger.

Hospitals typically charge $3,387 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 301 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,571. Most fall between $2,056 and $6,071 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
301
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 301 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
$1,196$2,199$3,387$5,110$8,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,196 vs $8,596).

How the prices are spread

$905 – $1,167: 15 hospitals$905$1,167 – $1,504: 8 hospitals$1,504 – $1,939: 17 hospitals$1,504$1,939 – $2,499: 33 hospitals$2,499 – $3,221: 43 hospitals$2,499$3,221 – $4,151: 71 hospitals$4,151 – $5,351: 27 hospitals$4,151$5,351 – $6,897: 16 hospitals$6,897 – $8,889: 30 hospitals$6,897$8,889 – $11,457: 11 hospitals$8,889median $3,387price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (271 of 301 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$905$1,16715
$1,167$1,5048
$1,504$1,93917
$1,939$2,49933
$2,499$3,22143
$3,221$4,15171
$4,151$5,35127
$5,351$6,89716
$6,897$8,88930
$8,889$11,45711

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$3,387
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.14×

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 $3,387.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,013 across 10 hospitalsIL$2,013Wisconsin: median $3,079 across 14 hospitalsWI$3,079Michigan: median $2,199 across 21 hospitalsMI$2,199New York: median $3,387 across 22 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,154 across 10 hospitalsOR$2,154Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,854 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,854Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,467 across 10 hospitalsOH$4,467Pennsylvania: median $889 across 18 hospitalsPA$889New Jersey: median $3,819 across 29 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,596 across 31 hospitalsCA$8,596Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,919 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,919Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $4,128 across 20 hospitalsTX$4,128Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,387. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA31$8,596+154%$3,857 – $8,596
Ohio OH10$4,467+32%$987 – $4,599
Texas TX20$4,128+22%$3,835 – $4,128
New Jersey NJ29$3,819+13%$3,171 – $5,419
New York NY22$3,3870%$3,387 – $3,517
Wisconsin WI14$3,079−9%$3,079 – $10,380
Iowa IA15$2,854−16%$2,854 – $2,854
Michigan MI21$2,199−35%$2,199 – $3,246
Oregon OR10$2,154−36%$2,154 – $3,827
Illinois IL10$2,013−41%$905 – $2,252
Oklahoma OK15$1,919−43%$1,919 – $5,835
Pennsylvania PA18$889−74%$724 – $4,839
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not 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 $3,387.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care260$3,387$2,094 – $6,071
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access37$3,079$1,768 – $7,765
Ownership
For-profit28$4,118$1,071 – $7,765
Government41$3,387$2,094 – $5,445
Non-profit231$3,448$2,154 – $6,163
System affiliation
Part of a system250$3,448$2,154 – $7,310
Independent51$2,873$1,862 – $4,161

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,504
Median cash price$3,387
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 $3,134 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,575; most fall between $1,732 and $7,765.

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
$1,053$1,919$3,134$5,854$8,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,053 vs $8,596).

Of the 196 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 178 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

301 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 340 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted301
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code340

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 therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rad Rescj Tum Soft Tissue Forearm&/Wrist 3 Cm/>.

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, “Wide removal of forearm or wrist tumor, 3 cm or larger (CPT 25078) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25078-wide-removal-of-forearm-or-wrist-tumor-3-cm-or-larger