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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on bone

Cutting into the bone of a hand or finger to drain infection

CPT 26034the billing code this page is about

Surgical opening of the outer layer of a hand or finger bone to release pus or reduce pressure, as in a bone infection.

Hospitals typically charge $1,842 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 485 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,055. Most fall between $897 and $4,138 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
485
States
47
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 485 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
$656$978$1,842$3,561$5,113

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($656 vs $5,113).

How the prices are spread

$500 – $638: 24 hospitals$500$638 – $814: 24 hospitals$814 – $1,039: 62 hospitals$814$1,039 – $1,327: 38 hospitals$1,327 – $1,694: 51 hospitals$1,327$1,694 – $2,162: 57 hospitals$2,162 – $2,760: 25 hospitals$2,162$2,760 – $3,523: 54 hospitals$3,523 – $4,497: 62 hospitals$3,523$4,497 – $5,740: 42 hospitals$4,497median $1,842price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (439 of 485 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$500$63824
$638$81424
$814$1,03962
$1,039$1,32738
$1,327$1,69451
$1,694$2,16257
$2,162$2,76025
$2,760$3,52354
$3,523$4,49762
$4,497$5,74042

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,842
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.12×

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 $1,842.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,476 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,476Idaho: median $2,060 across 10 hospitalsID$2,060Montana: 4 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 $3,561 across 15 hospitalsMN$3,561Illinois: median $1,021 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,021Wisconsin: median $2,928 across 25 hospitalsWI$2,928Michigan: median $1,046 across 30 hospitalsMI$1,046New York: median $1,894 across 32 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,038 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,038Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $1,343 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,343Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,724 across 15 hospitalsOH$1,724Pennsylvania: median $414 across 18 hospitalsPA$414New Jersey: median $4,330 across 28 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,073 across 48 hospitalsCA$3,073Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,665 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,665Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,138 across 13 hospitalsVA$4,138Maryland: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $897 across 15 hospitalsOK$897Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 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 $4,149 across 23 hospitalsTX$4,149Florida: median $4,955 across 15 hospitalsFL$4,955
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,842. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL15$4,955+169%$3,788 – $5,571
New Jersey NJ28$4,330+135%$1,773 – $5,741
Texas TX23$4,149+125%$1,723 – $4,271
Virginia VA13$4,138+125%$372 – $4,138
Minnesota MN15$3,561+93%$1,129 – $3,561
California CA48$3,073+67%$1,634 – $5,113
Wisconsin WI25$2,928+59%$2,768 – $2,928
Idaho ID10$2,060+12%$1,639 – $4,436
New York NY32$1,894+3%$885 – $1,909
Ohio OH15$1,724−6%$856 – $1,747
Colorado CO10$1,665−10%$966 – $4,181
Washington WA14$1,476−20%$1,038 – $3,509
Iowa IA19$1,343−27%$1,250 – $1,343
Michigan MI30$1,046−43%$785 – $2,211
Oregon OR12$1,038−44%$1,038 – $1,849
Illinois IL14$1,021−45%$577 – $2,053
Oklahoma OK15$897−51%$897 – $3,263
Pennsylvania PA18$414−78%$337 – $2,706
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not 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 $1,842.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care372$1,885$897 – $4,181
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access103$1,422$817 – $3,035
Ownership
For-profit43$1,986$869 – $4,271
Government88$1,493$874 – $3,017
Non-profit354$1,885$897 – $4,181
System affiliation
Part of a system384$1,909$897 – $4,181
Independent101$1,366$873 – $2,169

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,283
Median cash price$1,842
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

287 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,651 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,108; most fall between $791 and $4,181.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 287 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
$577$885$1,651$4,138$5,113

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($577 vs $5,113).

Of the 307 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 287 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 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

485 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 525 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted485
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here32
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code525

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 bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Incision Bone Cortex Hand/Finger.

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, “Cutting into the bone of a hand or finger to drain infection (CPT 26034) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26034-cutting-into-the-bone-of-a-hand-or-finger-to-drain-infection