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Procedure price report · Arthroplasty other than hip or knee

Finger joint resurfacing without implant, each joint

CPT 26535the billing code this page is about

Reshaping of a damaged joint within a finger, without placing an artificial joint; billed once for each joint treated.

Hospitals typically charge $2,440 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 531 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,838. Most fall between $868 and $5,805 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
531
States
48
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 531 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
$649$1,010$2,440$4,859$9,383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($649 vs $9,383).

How the prices are spread

$466 – $646: 28 hospitals$466$646 – $894: 61 hospitals$894 – $1,239: 59 hospitals$894$1,239 – $1,716: 47 hospitals$1,716 – $2,377: 29 hospitals$1,716$2,377 – $3,293: 45 hospitals$3,293 – $4,562: 81 hospitals$3,293$4,562 – $6,319: 63 hospitals$6,319 – $8,754: 32 hospitals$6,319$8,754 – $12,126: 37 hospitals$8,754median $2,440price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (482 of 531 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$466$64628
$646$89461
$894$1,23959
$1,239$1,71647
$1,716$2,37729
$2,377$3,29345
$3,293$4,56281
$4,562$6,31963
$6,319$8,75432
$8,754$12,12637

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,440
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.73×

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 $2,440.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,454 across 18 hospitalsWA$4,454Idaho: median $5,947 across 11 hospitalsID$5,947Montana: 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $790 across 13 hospitalsIL$790Wisconsin: median $2,440 across 23 hospitalsWI$2,440Michigan: median $1,010 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,010New York: median $3,840 across 28 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $7,001 across 14 hospitalsOR$7,001Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,070 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,070Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,407 across 12 hospitalsOH$1,407Pennsylvania: median $2,859 across 27 hospitalsPA$2,859New Jersey: median $4,330 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 2 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 $4,308 across 63 hospitalsCA$4,308Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,200 across 14 hospitalsNE$2,200Missouri: median $1,544 across 13 hospitalsMO$1,544Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,093 across 11 hospitalsWV$1,093Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $729 across 14 hospitalsOK$729Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $9,383 across 12 hospitalsGA$9,383Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,708 across 42 hospitalsTX$4,708Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,440. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA12$9,383+285%$9,383 – $13,196
Oregon OR14$7,001+187%$832 – $8,870
Idaho ID11$5,947+144%$3,881 – $8,372
Texas TX42$4,708+93%$4,161 – $4,859
Washington WA18$4,454+83%$864 – $6,876
New Jersey NJ32$4,330+77%$3,594 – $5,419
California CA63$4,308+77%$1,472 – $10,926
New York NY28$3,840+57%$883 – $3,884
Pennsylvania PA27$2,859+17%$290 – $5,185
Wisconsin WI23$2,4400%$2,211 – $2,440
Nebraska NE14$2,200−10%$1,007 – $2,580
Missouri MO13$1,544−37%$628 – $2,688
Ohio OH12$1,407−42%$1,022 – $8,483
West Virginia WV11$1,093−55%$466 – $1,397
Iowa IA26$1,070−56%$934 – $1,360
Michigan MI28$1,010−59%$1,010 – $2,440
Illinois IL13$790−68%$624 – $1,833
Oklahoma OK14$729−70%$729 – $6,615
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,440.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care413$3,517$901 – $6,447
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access108$1,397$763 – $4,708
Ownership
For-profit55$4,708$819 – $8,370
Government75$1,393$868 – $4,958
Non-profit401$2,440$883 – $5,715
System affiliation
Part of a system433$2,738$1,006 – $6,247
Independent98$1,320$720 – $4,500

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,754
Median cash price$2,440
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

343 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,427 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,656; most fall between $805 and $5,805.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 343 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
$624$908$2,427$4,859$9,252

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($624 vs $9,252).

Of the 365 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 343 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

531 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 575 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted531
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here22
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 — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code575

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 Arthroplasty other than hip or knee family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthroplasty Interphalangeal 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, “Finger joint resurfacing without implant, each joint (CPT 26535) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26535-finger-joint-resurfacing-without-implant-each-joint