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Partial wrist fusion without bone graft

CPT 25820the billing code this page is about

Surgery that fuses only part of the wrist, joining some of the wrist bones while leaving some motion, done without a bone graft.

Hospitals typically charge $4,258 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 414 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,663. Most fall between $1,193 and $8,819 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
414
States
44
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 414 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
$929$1,502$4,258$8,271$12,899

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($929 vs $12,899).

How the prices are spread

$763 – $1,035: 37 hospitals$763$1,035 – $1,404: 42 hospitals$1,404 – $1,904: 34 hospitals$1,404$1,904 – $2,582: 25 hospitals$2,582 – $3,502: 22 hospitals$2,582$3,502 – $4,750: 43 hospitals$4,750 – $6,442: 28 hospitals$4,750$6,442 – $8,737: 79 hospitals$8,737 – $11,849: 40 hospitals$8,737$11,849 – $16,069: 24 hospitals$11,849median $4,258price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (374 of 414 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$763$1,03537
$1,035$1,40442
$1,404$1,90434
$1,904$2,58225
$2,582$3,50222
$3,502$4,75043
$4,750$6,44228
$6,442$8,73779
$8,737$11,84940
$11,849$16,06924

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,258
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.57×

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 $4,258.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 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: median $9,897 across 12 hospitalsWA$9,897Idaho: median $7,031 across 11 hospitalsID$7,031Montana: 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: median $4,374 across 18 hospitalsMN$4,374Illinois: median $1,170 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,170Wisconsin: median $3,635 across 24 hospitalsWI$3,635Michigan: median $2,338 across 15 hospitalsMI$2,338New York: median $8,454 across 23 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $16,403 across 13 hospitalsOR$16,403Nevada: 5 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 $1,555 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,555Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,986 across 12 hospitalsOH$1,986Pennsylvania: median $10,468 across 10 hospitalsPA$10,468New Jersey: median $7,807 across 28 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,271 across 50 hospitalsCA$8,271Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 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: 2 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 $1,070 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,070Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,192 across 27 hospitalsTX$7,192Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,258. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR13$16,403+285%$1,211 – $19,710
Pennsylvania PA10$10,468+146%$6,943 – $13,461
Washington WA12$9,897+132%$2,547 – $15,660
New York NY23$8,454+99%$4,804 – $8,613
California CA50$8,271+94%$2,826 – $8,271
New Jersey NJ28$7,807+83%$5,110 – $9,388
Texas TX27$7,192+69%$6,911 – $8,819
Idaho ID11$7,031+65%$2,205 – $14,738
Minnesota MN18$4,374+3%$1,288 – $5,043
Wisconsin WI24$3,635−15%$3,266 – $3,635
Michigan MI15$2,338−45%$1,133 – $9,978
Ohio OH12$1,986−53%$1,273 – $2,413
Iowa IA18$1,555−63%$1,555 – $1,686
Illinois IL14$1,170−73%$896 – $3,115
Oklahoma OK14$1,070−75%$1,070 – $9,928
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $4,258.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care320$4,903$1,211 – $8,904
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access85$3,266$1,063 – $8,005
Ownership
For-profit46$4,719$1,676 – $11,620
Government73$1,779$1,020 – $8,454
Non-profit295$4,374$1,238 – $8,538
System affiliation
Part of a system329$4,627$1,231 – $9,072
Independent85$1,986$1,058 – $7,171

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,732
Median cash price$4,258
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

255 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,635 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,290; most fall between $1,072 and $8,271.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 255 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
$896$1,211$3,635$8,271$13,391

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($896 vs $13,391).

Of the 281 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 255 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

414 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 461 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted414
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code461

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 Arthrodesis Wrist Limited W/O Bone 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, “Partial wrist fusion without bone graft (CPT 25820) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25820-partial-wrist-fusion-without-bone-graft