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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Removal of cyst or lump from hand or finger tendon sheath

CPT 26160the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a cyst, ganglion, or other lesion from the tendon sheath or joint capsule of the hand or a finger.

Hospitals typically charge $1,738 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,302 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,903. Most fall between $756 and $3,948 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,302
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 1,302 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
$534$897$1,738$3,257$5,499

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($534 vs $5,499).

How the prices are spread

$364 – $490: 46 hospitals$364$490 – $660: 81 hospitals$660 – $888: 131 hospitals$660$888 – $1,196: 121 hospitals$1,196 – $1,611: 173 hospitals$1,196$1,611 – $2,170: 177 hospitals$2,170 – $2,922: 139 hospitals$2,170$2,922 – $3,935: 99 hospitals$3,935 – $5,299: 129 hospitals$3,935$5,299 – $7,136: 76 hospitals$5,299median $1,738price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,172 of 1,302 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$364$49046
$490$66081
$660$888131
$888$1,196121
$1,196$1,611173
$1,611$2,170177
$2,170$2,922139
$2,922$3,93599
$3,935$5,299129
$5,299$7,13676

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,738
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

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 $1,738.

Alaska: median $2,797 across 11 hospitalsAK$2,797Maine: median $796 across 11 hospitalsME$796Vermont: median $1,044 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,044New Hampshire: median $575 across 12 hospitalsNH$575Washington: median $2,084 across 45 hospitalsWA$2,084Idaho: median $1,774 across 20 hospitalsID$1,774Montana: median $1,100 across 16 hospitalsMT$1,100North Dakota: median $1,728 across 12 hospitalsND$1,728Minnesota: median $1,378 across 57 hospitalsMN$1,378Illinois: median $1,422 across 46 hospitalsIL$1,422Wisconsin: median $1,598 across 59 hospitalsWI$1,598Michigan: median $870 across 45 hospitalsMI$870New York: median $1,894 across 68 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: median $3,153 across 23 hospitalsMA$3,153Oregon: median $1,412 across 38 hospitalsOR$1,412Nevada: median $1,749 across 11 hospitalsNV$1,749Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $2,024 across 16 hospitalsSD$2,024Iowa: median $1,396 across 64 hospitalsIA$1,396Indiana: median $1,440 across 27 hospitalsIN$1,440Ohio: median $4,785 across 50 hospitalsOH$4,785Pennsylvania: median $1,876 across 41 hospitalsPA$1,876New Jersey: median $2,136 across 34 hospitalsNJ$2,136Connecticut: 3 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 $1,727 across 81 hospitalsCA$1,727Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,238 across 28 hospitalsCO$1,238Nebraska: median $1,495 across 34 hospitalsNE$1,495Missouri: median $2,149 across 35 hospitalsMO$2,149Kentucky: median $610 across 18 hospitalsKY$610West Virginia: median $1,438 across 27 hospitalsWV$1,438Virginia: median $4,138 across 36 hospitalsVA$4,138Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $6,327 across 13 hospitalsAZ$6,327New Mexico: median $2,008 across 10 hospitalsNM$2,008Kansas: median $838 across 43 hospitalsKS$838Arkansas: median $1,070 across 16 hospitalsAR$1,070Tennessee: median $986 across 19 hospitalsTN$986North Carolina: median $1,751 across 16 hospitalsNC$1,751South Carolina: median $2,014 across 13 hospitalsSC$2,014Oklahoma: median $723 across 21 hospitalsOK$723Louisiana: median $1,870 across 18 hospitalsLA$1,870Mississippi: median $2,473 across 16 hospitalsMS$2,473Alabama: median $1,650 across 16 hospitalsAL$1,650Georgia: median $5,814 across 17 hospitalsGA$5,814Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,651 across 56 hospitalsTX$2,651Florida: median $2,282 across 26 hospitalsFL$2,282
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,738. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ13$6,327+264%$1,593 – $7,644
Georgia GA17$5,814+235%$1,604 – $6,653
Ohio OH50$4,785+175%$978 – $6,007
Virginia VA36$4,138+138%$983 – $4,584
Massachusetts MA23$3,153+81%$927 – $6,409
Alaska AK11$2,797+61%$2,086 – $3,291
Texas TX56$2,651+53%$1,154 – $4,150
Mississippi MS16$2,473+42%$978 – $4,425
Florida FL26$2,282+31%$1,166 – $5,523
Missouri MO35$2,149+24%$861 – $4,182
New Jersey NJ34$2,136+23%$1,773 – $5,339
Washington WA45$2,084+20%$1,018 – $3,325
South Dakota SD16$2,024+16%$897 – $3,650
South Carolina SC13$2,014+16%$1,586 – $4,499
New Mexico NM10$2,008+16%$539 – $5,443
New York NY68$1,894+9%$759 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA41$1,876+8%$245 – $3,447
Louisiana LA18$1,870+8%$924 – $2,669
Idaho ID20$1,774+2%$590 – $3,644
North Carolina NC16$1,751+1%$1,320 – $4,190
Nevada NV11$1,749+1%$978 – $2,367
North Dakota ND12$1,728−1%$894 – $2,764
California CA81$1,727−1%$728 – $3,948
Alabama AL16$1,650−5%$1,435 – $6,888
Wisconsin WI59$1,598−8%$1,370 – $2,520
Nebraska NE34$1,495−14%$815 – $2,055
Indiana IN27$1,440−17%$589 – $3,617
West Virginia WV27$1,438−17%$844 – $2,555
Illinois IL46$1,422−18%$638 – $2,626
Oregon OR38$1,412−19%$920 – $4,035
Iowa IA64$1,396−20%$788 – $1,990
Minnesota MN57$1,378−21%$932 – $2,190
Colorado CO28$1,238−29%$768 – $4,181
Montana MT16$1,100−37%$488 – $1,739
Arkansas AR16$1,070−38%$777 – $1,714
Vermont VT10$1,044−40%$918 – $2,026
Tennessee TN19$986−43%$529 – $4,472
Michigan MI45$870−50%$372 – $2,382
Kansas KS43$838−52%$560 – $1,986
Maine ME11$796−54%$518 – $1,506
Oklahoma OK21$723−58%$723 – $4,017
Kentucky KY18$610−65%$491 – $4,805
New Hampshire NH12$575−67%$225 – $1,134
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $1,738.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care839$2,007$878 – $4,595
Children’s21$1,618$1,071 – $4,856
Critical access440$1,262$638 – $2,510
Ownership
For-profit137$2,901$1,252 – $6,888
Government289$1,373$700 – $2,346
Non-profit874$1,765$754 – $3,948
System affiliation
Part of a system995$1,876$823 – $4,170
Independent307$1,287$600 – $2,576

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,496
Median cash price$1,738
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

674 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,506 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,637; most fall between $723 and $3,274.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 674 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
$499$768$1,506$2,785$4,357

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($499 vs $4,357).

Of the 735 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 674 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,302 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,406 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,302
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here59
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded39
Hospitals that filed this code1,406

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 Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Lesion Tdn Shth/Jt Capsl Hand/Fngr.

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, “Removal of cyst or lump from hand or finger tendon sheath (CPT 26160) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26160-removal-of-cyst-or-lump-from-hand-or-finger-tendon-sheath