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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Nonsurgical treatment of mallet finger, with or without pin

CPT 26432the billing code this page is about

Treatment of a torn extensor tendon at the fingertip without opening the finger, using splinting and sometimes a pin placed through the skin.

Hospitals typically charge $1,908 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 771 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,067. Most fall between $1,004 and $3,541 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
771
States
48
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 771 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
$688$1,135$1,908$3,272$5,247

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($688 vs $5,247).

How the prices are spread

$546 – $697: 40 hospitals$546$697 – $890: 39 hospitals$890 – $1,137: 76 hospitals$890$1,137 – $1,453: 74 hospitals$1,453 – $1,856: 88 hospitals$1,453$1,856 – $2,370: 111 hospitals$2,370 – $3,028: 82 hospitals$2,370$3,028 – $3,868: 87 hospitals$3,868 – $4,941: 52 hospitals$3,868$4,941 – $6,311: 46 hospitals$4,941median $1,908price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (695 of 771 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$546$69740
$697$89039
$890$1,13776
$1,137$1,45374
$1,453$1,85688
$1,856$2,370111
$2,370$3,02882
$3,028$3,86887
$3,868$4,94152
$4,941$6,31146

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,908
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

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 $1,908.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 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 $1,837 across 28 hospitalsWA$1,837Idaho: median $2,884 across 12 hospitalsID$2,884Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,962 across 22 hospitalsMN$1,962Illinois: median $1,543 across 27 hospitalsIL$1,543Wisconsin: median $1,840 across 33 hospitalsWI$1,840Michigan: median $794 across 31 hospitalsMI$794New York: median $1,894 across 43 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: median $6,709 across 15 hospitalsMA$6,709Oregon: median $1,586 across 25 hospitalsOR$1,586Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,256 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,256Indiana: median $837 across 11 hospitalsIN$837Ohio: median $1,864 across 36 hospitalsOH$1,864Pennsylvania: median $2,005 across 33 hospitalsPA$2,005New Jersey: median $2,136 across 31 hospitalsNJ$2,136Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,073 across 76 hospitalsCA$3,073Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,200 across 16 hospitalsNE$1,200Missouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,631 across 24 hospitalsVA$2,631Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,144 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,144Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $4,869 across 12 hospitalsSC$4,869Oklahoma: median $1,135 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,135Louisiana: median $1,470 across 19 hospitalsLA$1,470Mississippi: median $1,070 across 13 hospitalsMS$1,070Alabama: median $1,034 across 10 hospitalsAL$1,034Georgia: median $3,272 across 19 hospitalsGA$3,272Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,890 across 33 hospitalsTX$2,890Florida: median $2,412 across 26 hospitalsFL$2,412
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,908. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA15$6,709+252%$2,975 – $7,424
South Carolina SC12$4,869+155%$3,536 – $4,869
Georgia GA19$3,272+72%$3,272 – $6,307
California CA76$3,073+61%$1,720 – $5,247
Texas TX33$2,890+51%$1,669 – $4,368
Idaho ID12$2,884+51%$1,102 – $4,436
Virginia VA24$2,631+38%$2,465 – $2,637
Florida FL26$2,412+26%$2,282 – $2,412
New Jersey NJ31$2,136+12%$1,773 – $5,354
Pennsylvania PA33$2,005+5%$348 – $3,354
Minnesota MN22$1,962+3%$1,126 – $2,302
New York NY43$1,894−1%$1,234 – $3,463
Ohio OH36$1,864−2%$1,082 – $2,394
Wisconsin WI33$1,840−4%$1,840 – $2,975
Washington WA28$1,837−4%$844 – $4,357
Oregon OR25$1,586−17%$1,004 – $3,812
Illinois IL27$1,543−19%$593 – $3,457
Louisiana LA19$1,470−23%$842 – $2,373
Iowa IA22$1,256−34%$1,205 – $1,365
Nebraska NE16$1,200−37%$1,016 – $1,912
Kansas KS10$1,144−40%$682 – $1,986
Oklahoma OK14$1,135−40%$1,135 – $3,263
Mississippi MS13$1,070−44%$830 – $1,375
Alabama AL10$1,034−46%$661 – $2,819
Indiana IN11$837−56%$593 – $1,471
Michigan MI31$794−58%$599 – $2,211
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $1,908.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care597$2,094$1,082 – $4,229
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access160$1,493$892 – $2,552
Ownership
For-profit68$2,669$1,135 – $6,092
Government116$1,530$919 – $3,272
Non-profit587$1,919$1,048 – $3,502
System affiliation
Part of a system632$1,973$1,070 – $3,567
Independent139$1,582$910 – $3,541

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,070
Median cash price$1,908
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

543 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,282 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,272; most fall between $1,135 and $3,820.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 543 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
$791$1,256$2,282$3,354$5,247

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($791 vs $5,247).

Of the 580 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 543 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

771 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 841 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted771
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code841

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 Cltx Dstl Xtnsr Tdn Insj W/WO Percutan Pinning.

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, “Nonsurgical treatment of mallet finger, with or without pin (CPT 26432) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26432-nonsurgical-treatment-of-mallet-finger-with-or-without-pin