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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Removal of bone cyst or benign tumor from a hand bone

CPT 26200the billing code this page is about

Surgical scraping out or removal of a bone cyst or noncancerous bone tumor in a metacarpal, one of the long bones of the hand, without a bone graft.

Hospitals typically charge $1,749 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 475 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,703. Most fall between $849 and $3,362 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
475
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 475 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$902$1,749$2,510$5,419

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($656 vs $5,419).

How the prices are spread

$490 – $653: 25 hospitals$490$653 – $871: 56 hospitals$871 – $1,163: 68 hospitals$871$1,163 – $1,551: 53 hospitals$1,551 – $2,069: 86 hospitals$1,551$2,069 – $2,760: 51 hospitals$2,760 – $3,682: 37 hospitals$2,760$3,682 – $4,912: 26 hospitals$4,912 – $6,553: 16 hospitals$4,912$6,553 – $8,742: 23 hospitals$6,553median $1,749price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (441 of 475 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$490$65325
$653$87156
$871$1,16368
$1,163$1,55153
$1,551$2,06986
$2,069$2,76051
$2,760$3,68237
$3,682$4,91226
$4,912$6,55316
$6,553$8,74223

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,749
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 $1,749.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,853 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,853Idaho: median $3,644 across 10 hospitalsID$3,644Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,202 across 19 hospitalsMN$2,202Illinois: median $837 across 14 hospitalsIL$837Wisconsin: median $2,028 across 29 hospitalsWI$2,028Michigan: median $902 across 29 hospitalsMI$902New York: median $1,894 across 25 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,516 across 23 hospitalsOR$1,516Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,111 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,111Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,469 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,469Pennsylvania: median $1,216 across 21 hospitalsPA$1,216New Jersey: median $2,080 across 28 hospitalsNJ$2,080Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,107 across 48 hospitalsCA$3,107Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $735 across 15 hospitalsOK$735Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,416 across 28 hospitalsTX$2,416Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,749. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$3,644+108%$1,906 – $4,436
California CA48$3,107+78%$1,308 – $8,742
Texas TX28$2,416+38%$1,908 – $2,416
Minnesota MN19$2,202+26%$1,099 – $2,202
New Jersey NJ28$2,080+19%$1,772 – $5,339
Wisconsin WI29$2,028+16%$2,028 – $3,422
New York NY25$1,894+8%$687 – $1,909
Washington WA14$1,853+6%$1,111 – $3,314
Oregon OR23$1,516−13%$849 – $4,274
Ohio OH14$1,469−16%$892 – $1,747
Pennsylvania PA21$1,216−30%$297 – $2,706
Iowa IA19$1,111−36%$1,111 – $1,298
Michigan MI29$902−48%$867 – $2,028
Illinois IL14$837−52%$490 – $1,294
Oklahoma OK15$735−58%$735 – $3,263
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $1,749.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care350$1,771$849 – $3,567
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access112$1,516$838 – $2,797
Ownership
For-profit46$1,759$770 – $4,436
Government77$1,369$901 – $2,866
Non-profit351$1,771$849 – $3,314
System affiliation
Part of a system375$1,881$901 – $3,422
Independent100$1,167$788 – $2,205

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,138
Median cash price$1,749
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

273 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,321 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,573; most fall between $739 and $3,248.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 273 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
$570$849$1,321$2,510$5,507

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($570 vs $5,507).

Of the 300 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 273 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

475 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 516 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted475
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
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 — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code516

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 Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Excision/Curettage Cyst/Tumor Metacarpal.

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 bone cyst or benign tumor from a hand bone (CPT 26200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26200-removal-of-bone-cyst-or-benign-tumor-from-a-hand-bone