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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Partial removal of a hand bone

CPT 26230the billing code this page is about

Surgery to shave, hollow out, or remove part of the shaft of a metacarpal hand bone, often done for bone infection.

Hospitals typically charge $2,089 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 438 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,355. Most fall between $941 and $4,752 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
438
States
44
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 438 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
$712$1,055$2,089$3,884$8,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($712 vs $8,372).

How the prices are spread

$528 – $699: 21 hospitals$528$699 – $926: 39 hospitals$926 – $1,226: 57 hospitals$926$1,226 – $1,623: 42 hospitals$1,623 – $2,149: 42 hospitals$1,623$2,149 – $2,845: 34 hospitals$2,845 – $3,767: 56 hospitals$2,845$3,767 – $4,987: 47 hospitals$4,987 – $6,603: 22 hospitals$4,987$6,603 – $8,742: 36 hospitals$6,603median $2,089price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (396 of 438 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$528$69921
$699$92639
$926$1,22657
$1,226$1,62342
$1,623$2,14942
$2,149$2,84534
$2,845$3,76756
$3,767$4,98747
$4,987$6,60322
$6,603$8,74236

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,089
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.63×

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 $2,089.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,364 across 10 hospitalsID$3,364Montana: 2 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 $2,465 across 19 hospitalsMN$2,465Illinois: median $1,071 across 19 hospitalsIL$1,071Wisconsin: median $2,783 across 27 hospitalsWI$2,783Michigan: median $1,148 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,148New York: median $3,840 across 30 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 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 $1,232 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,232Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,682 across 16 hospitalsOH$1,682Pennsylvania: median $1,168 across 20 hospitalsPA$1,168New Jersey: median $3,786 across 30 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,742 across 33 hospitalsCA$8,742Utah: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 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: 8 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,055 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,055Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,668 across 24 hospitalsTX$3,668Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,089. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA33$8,742+318%$1,501 – $8,742
New York NY30$3,840+84%$813 – $4,084
New Jersey NJ30$3,786+81%$2,370 – $5,339
Texas TX24$3,668+76%$2,653 – $3,668
Idaho ID10$3,364+61%$1,854 – $8,372
Wisconsin WI27$2,783+33%$2,089 – $3,118
Minnesota MN19$2,465+18%$1,035 – $3,003
Ohio OH16$1,682−19%$905 – $3,553
Iowa IA20$1,232−41%$1,232 – $1,400
Pennsylvania PA20$1,168−44%$315 – $5,038
Michigan MI27$1,148−45%$1,148 – $2,783
Illinois IL19$1,071−49%$542 – $2,728
Oklahoma OK13$1,055−49%$1,055 – $6,615
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not 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 $2,089.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care345$2,438$941 – $5,110
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access85$1,940$897 – $3,003
Ownership
For-profit48$2,992$920 – $6,788
Government73$1,524$943 – $3,840
Non-profit317$2,089$941 – $4,597
System affiliation
Part of a system343$2,559$1,055 – $5,110
Independent95$1,517$891 – $3,337

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,352
Median cash price$2,089
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

240 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,660 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,131; most fall between $882 and $4,775.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 240 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
$607$941$1,660$3,668$8,742

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($607 vs $8,742).

Of the 264 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 240 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 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

438 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 482 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted438
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code482

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 Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Partial Excision Bone 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, “Partial removal of a hand bone (CPT 26230) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26230-partial-removal-of-a-hand-bone