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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Fusion of a finger joint, each additional joint

CPT 26861the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for each additional small finger joint fused during the same operation, beyond the first joint treated.

Hospitals typically charge $452 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 388 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $826. Most fall between $185 and $4,115 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
388
States
44
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 388 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
$132$192$452$2,451$8,086

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 61× what the cheapest tenth charges ($132 vs $8,086).

How the prices are spread

$100 – $157: 35 hospitals$100$157 – $248: 79 hospitals$248 – $392: 51 hospitals$248$392 – $618: 59 hospitals$618 – $975: 19 hospitals$618$975 – $1,539: 13 hospitals$1,539 – $2,427: 6 hospitals$1,539$2,427 – $3,830: 29 hospitals$3,830 – $6,042: 21 hospitals$3,830$6,042 – $9,533: 40 hospitals$6,042median $452price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (352 of 388 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$100$15735
$157$24879
$248$39251
$392$61859
$618$97519
$975$1,53913
$1,539$2,4276
$2,427$3,83029
$3,830$6,04221
$6,042$9,53340

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $452.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,524 across 12 hospitalsID$3,524Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $856 across 14 hospitalsMN$856Illinois: median $188 across 14 hospitalsIL$188Wisconsin: median $501 across 27 hospitalsWI$501Michigan: median $558 across 31 hospitalsMI$558New York: median $249 across 15 hospitalsNY$249Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $185 across 10 hospitalsOR$185Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $255 across 18 hospitalsIA$255Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $452 across 13 hospitalsOH$452Pennsylvania: median $74 across 15 hospitalsPA$74New Jersey: median $5,741 across 20 hospitalsNJ$5,741Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $399 across 46 hospitalsCA$399Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $167 across 12 hospitalsOK$167Louisiana: 3 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,451 across 22 hospitalsTX$2,451Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $452. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ20$5,741+1169%$4,350 – $9,533
Idaho ID12$3,524+679%$2,143 – $7,168
Texas TX22$2,451+442%$1,707 – $2,451
Minnesota MN14$856+89%$399 – $856
Michigan MI31$558+23%$144 – $558
Wisconsin WI27$501+11%$493 – $1,273
Ohio OH13$4520%$231 – $459
California CA46$399−12%$192 – $8,086
Iowa IA18$255−44%$225 – $255
New York NY15$249−45%$126 – $408
Illinois IL14$188−59%$81 – $1,053
Oregon OR10$185−59%$185 – $309
Oklahoma OK12$167−63%$167 – $167
Pennsylvania PA15$74−84%$63 – $231
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $452.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care297$470$185 – $5,810
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access83$365$188 – $856
Ownership
For-profit39$2,451$307 – $8,633
Government56$228$169 – $2,143
Non-profit293$452$185 – $3,986
System affiliation
Part of a system310$493$185 – $5,471
Independent78$261$179 – $1,864

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$696
Median cash price$452
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

233 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $334 and the average of the middle 60% is $614; most fall between $170 and $2,451.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 233 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
$132$185$334$856$8,086

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 61× what the cheapest tenth charges ($132 vs $8,086).

Of the 254 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 233 gave a usable cash price; 12 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

388 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 453 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted388
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code453

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrodesis Iphal Jt W/WO Int Fixj Ea Iphal Jt.

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, “Fusion of a finger joint, each additional joint (CPT 26861) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26861-fusion-of-a-finger-joint-each-additional-joint