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Procedure price report · Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage

Release of tight finger joint capsule, each joint

CPT 26525the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut and release the tightened capsule of a joint within a finger or toe to improve bending; billed once for each joint treated.

Hospitals typically charge $1,909 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 532 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,189. Most fall between $1,133 and $3,986 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
532
States
47
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 532 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
$885$1,242$1,909$3,786$6,653

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($885 vs $6,653).

How the prices are spread

$609 – $814: 24 hospitals$609$814 – $1,089: 32 hospitals$1,089 – $1,457: 104 hospitals$1,089$1,457 – $1,949: 86 hospitals$1,949 – $2,608: 63 hospitals$1,949$2,608 – $3,489: 54 hospitals$3,489 – $4,667: 68 hospitals$3,489$4,667 – $6,243: 16 hospitals$6,243 – $8,352: 22 hospitals$6,243$8,352 – $11,173: 13 hospitals$8,352median $1,909price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (482 of 532 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$609$81424
$814$1,08932
$1,089$1,457104
$1,457$1,94986
$1,949$2,60863
$2,608$3,48954
$3,489$4,66768
$4,667$6,24316
$6,243$8,35222
$8,352$11,17313

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,909
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 $1,909.

Alaska: 5 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 $1,761 across 10 hospitalsWA$1,761Idaho: median $3,000 across 12 hospitalsID$3,000Montana: 3 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 $3,370 across 18 hospitalsMN$3,370Illinois: median $1,352 across 20 hospitalsIL$1,352Wisconsin: median $1,781 across 19 hospitalsWI$1,781Michigan: median $1,372 across 30 hospitalsMI$1,372New York: median $1,894 across 32 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 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 $1,623 across 24 hospitalsIA$1,623Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,430 across 15 hospitalsOH$1,430Pennsylvania: median $1,216 across 21 hospitalsPA$1,216New Jersey: median $3,786 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 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 $3,012 across 50 hospitalsCA$3,012Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $3,303 across 13 hospitalsCO$3,303Nebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,034 across 16 hospitalsMO$1,034Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $723 across 11 hospitalsWV$723Virginia: 6 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,112 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,112Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $1,435 across 10 hospitalsAL$1,435Georgia: median $6,653 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,759 across 30 hospitalsTX$2,759Florida: median $2,282 across 18 hospitalsFL$2,282
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,909. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$6,653+249%$1,961 – $6,653
New Jersey NJ32$3,786+98%$1,773 – $5,339
Minnesota MN18$3,370+77%$1,780 – $3,954
Colorado CO13$3,303+73%$1,262 – $4,181
California CA50$3,012+58%$1,118 – $3,954
Idaho ID12$3,000+57%$2,205 – $4,436
Texas TX30$2,759+45%$2,074 – $4,187
Florida FL18$2,282+20%$2,282 – $7,400
New York NY32$1,894−1%$1,268 – $2,382
Wisconsin WI19$1,781−7%$1,566 – $2,542
Washington WA10$1,761−8%$1,415 – $3,491
Iowa IA24$1,623−15%$1,562 – $2,225
Alabama AL10$1,435−25%$804 – $5,031
Ohio OH15$1,430−25%$1,007 – $2,590
Michigan MI30$1,372−28%$1,149 – $2,211
Illinois IL20$1,352−29%$492 – $2,570
Pennsylvania PA21$1,216−36%$436 – $2,706
Oklahoma OK15$1,112−42%$1,112 – $3,263
Missouri MO16$1,034−46%$996 – $4,277
West Virginia WV11$723−62%$687 – $1,657
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $1,909.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care422$2,007$1,133 – $4,289
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access95$1,609$1,021 – $2,832
Ownership
For-profit61$2,740$1,307 – $8,722
Government88$1,746$1,204 – $3,094
Non-profit383$1,909$1,118 – $3,954
System affiliation
Part of a system407$2,007$1,160 – $4,181
Independent125$1,761$1,039 – $3,268

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,744
Median cash price$1,909
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

273 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,657 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,084; most fall between $1,112 and $3,954.

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
$764$1,118$1,657$3,012$4,261

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($764 vs $4,261).

Of the 299 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 273 gave a usable cash price; 16 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

532 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 583 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted532
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
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 — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code583

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 Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Capsulectomy/Capsulotomy Iphal Joint Each.

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, “Release of tight finger joint capsule, each joint (CPT 26525) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26525-release-of-tight-finger-joint-capsule-each-joint