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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Opening the wrist joint to remove inflamed joint lining

CPT 25105the billing code this page is about

Open surgery on the wrist joint to take out diseased or inflamed synovial lining tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $2,258 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 404 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,291. Most fall between $892 and $4,091 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
404
States
46
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 404 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
$636$1,000$2,258$3,840$6,311

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($636 vs $6,311).

How the prices are spread

$491 – $652: 22 hospitals$491$652 – $867: 31 hospitals$867 – $1,152: 35 hospitals$867$1,152 – $1,531: 56 hospitals$1,531 – $2,035: 24 hospitals$1,531$2,035 – $2,705: 53 hospitals$2,705 – $3,595: 51 hospitals$2,705$3,595 – $4,779: 47 hospitals$4,779 – $6,351: 25 hospitals$4,779$6,351 – $8,442: 20 hospitals$6,351median $2,258price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (364 of 404 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$491$65222
$652$86731
$867$1,15235
$1,152$1,53156
$1,531$2,03524
$2,035$2,70553
$2,705$3,59551
$3,595$4,77947
$4,779$6,35125
$6,351$8,44220

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,258
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.68×

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 $2,258.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $5,047 across 10 hospitalsID$5,047Montana: 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 $3,486 across 16 hospitalsMN$3,486Illinois: median $926 across 14 hospitalsIL$926Wisconsin: median $2,258 across 24 hospitalsWI$2,258Michigan: median $1,226 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,226New York: median $3,840 across 28 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $919 across 12 hospitalsOR$919Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,195 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,195Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,565 across 13 hospitalsOH$1,565Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 21 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $4,077 across 29 hospitalsNJ$4,077Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,509 across 31 hospitalsCA$2,509Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $809 across 13 hospitalsOK$809Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,530 across 23 hospitalsTX$3,530Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,258. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$5,047+124%$3,734 – $8,372
New Jersey NJ29$4,077+81%$3,591 – $5,419
New York NY28$3,840+70%$1,470 – $4,084
Texas TX23$3,530+56%$1,621 – $3,530
Minnesota MN16$3,486+54%$2,318 – $3,486
California CA31$2,509+11%$2,509 – $2,509
Pennsylvania PA21$2,382+6%$321 – $5,486
Wisconsin WI24$2,2580%$2,258 – $2,963
Ohio OH13$1,565−31%$957 – $2,229
Michigan MI28$1,226−46%$1,226 – $2,258
Iowa IA18$1,195−47%$1,195 – $1,299
Illinois IL14$926−59%$636 – $2,882
Oregon OR12$919−59%$919 – $1,639
Oklahoma OK13$809−64%$809 – $6,615
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $2,258.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care320$2,509$919 – $4,330
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access76$1,639$866 – $3,290
Ownership
For-profit44$3,139$809 – $6,582
Government56$1,379$891 – $3,840
Non-profit303$2,258$914 – $4,077
System affiliation
Part of a system317$2,445$987 – $4,127
Independent87$1,379$834 – $3,910

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,408
Median cash price$2,258
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

215 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,379 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,798; most fall between $809 and $3,530.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 215 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
$636$852$1,379$2,879$5,334

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($636 vs $5,334).

Of the 238 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 215 gave a usable cash price; 16 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

404 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 454 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted404
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
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 — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code454

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 Arthrotomy Wrist Joint With Synovectomy.

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, “Opening the wrist joint to remove inflamed joint lining (CPT 25105) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25105-opening-the-wrist-joint-to-remove-inflamed-joint-lining