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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Amputation of a finger or thumb with skin flap closure

CPT 26952the billing code this page is about

Removal of a single finger or thumb at a joint or through a bone, including trimming the nerve ends, with nearby skin moved forward as a flap to cover the end.

Hospitals typically charge $3,045 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,279 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,112. Most fall between $1,411 and $5,806 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,279
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 1,279 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
$1,031$1,638$3,045$4,951$7,898

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,031 vs $7,898).

How the prices are spread

$763 – $995: 52 hospitals$763$995 – $1,297: 102 hospitals$1,297 – $1,691: 118 hospitals$1,297$1,691 – $2,205: 169 hospitals$2,205 – $2,874: 98 hospitals$2,205$2,874 – $3,747: 180 hospitals$3,747 – $4,885: 176 hospitals$3,747$4,885 – $6,368: 109 hospitals$6,368 – $8,302: 103 hospitals$6,368$8,302 – $10,823: 46 hospitals$8,302median $3,045price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,153 of 1,279 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$763$99552
$995$1,297102
$1,297$1,691118
$1,691$2,205169
$2,205$2,87498
$2,874$3,747180
$3,747$4,885176
$4,885$6,368109
$6,368$8,302103
$8,302$10,82346

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,045
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.91×

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 $3,045.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,652 across 12 hospitalsME$1,652Vermont: median $1,307 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,307New Hampshire: median $843 across 10 hospitalsNH$843Washington: median $4,176 across 37 hospitalsWA$4,176Idaho: median $2,810 across 15 hospitalsID$2,810Montana: median $1,562 across 16 hospitalsMT$1,562North Dakota: median $1,926 across 12 hospitalsND$1,926Minnesota: median $2,824 across 39 hospitalsMN$2,824Illinois: median $2,257 across 41 hospitalsIL$2,257Wisconsin: median $3,712 across 43 hospitalsWI$3,712Michigan: median $2,912 across 52 hospitalsMI$2,912New York: median $3,884 across 62 hospitalsNY$3,884Massachusetts: median $3,422 across 19 hospitalsMA$3,422Oregon: median $2,148 across 39 hospitalsOR$2,148Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,741 across 34 hospitalsIA$1,741Indiana: median $2,088 across 28 hospitalsIN$2,088Ohio: median $4,030 across 37 hospitalsOH$4,030Pennsylvania: median $4,150 across 57 hospitalsPA$4,150New Jersey: median $4,186 across 37 hospitalsNJ$4,186Connecticut: 9 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 $4,793 across 99 hospitalsCA$4,793Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,140 across 26 hospitalsCO$2,140Nebraska: median $1,803 across 26 hospitalsNE$1,803Missouri: median $2,737 across 32 hospitalsMO$2,737Kentucky: median $1,191 across 17 hospitalsKY$1,191West Virginia: median $1,744 across 22 hospitalsWV$1,744Virginia: median $2,563 across 43 hospitalsVA$2,563Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,251 across 10 hospitalsAZ$1,251New Mexico: median $4,631 across 11 hospitalsNM$4,631Kansas: median $1,445 across 26 hospitalsKS$1,445Arkansas: median $1,241 across 15 hospitalsAR$1,241Tennessee: median $1,518 across 22 hospitalsTN$1,518North Carolina: median $2,175 across 19 hospitalsNC$2,175South Carolina: median $3,120 across 20 hospitalsSC$3,120Oklahoma: median $2,195 across 31 hospitalsOK$2,195Louisiana: median $1,950 across 17 hospitalsLA$1,950Mississippi: median $1,632 across 23 hospitalsMS$1,632Alabama: median $3,675 across 15 hospitalsAL$3,675Georgia: median $8,241 across 23 hospitalsGA$8,241Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,731 across 89 hospitalsTX$3,731Florida: median $4,637 across 39 hospitalsFL$4,637
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,045. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA23$8,241+171%$2,142 – $10,336
California CA99$4,793+57%$2,447 – $7,846
Florida FL39$4,637+52%$3,600 – $5,448
New Mexico NM11$4,631+52%$1,726 – $7,187
New Jersey NJ37$4,186+37%$3,594 – $5,110
Washington WA37$4,176+37%$1,595 – $6,876
Pennsylvania PA57$4,150+36%$1,825 – $6,814
Ohio OH37$4,030+32%$1,685 – $9,701
New York NY62$3,884+28%$1,856 – $8,372
Texas TX89$3,731+23%$1,925 – $6,280
Wisconsin WI43$3,712+22%$2,089 – $5,615
Alabama AL15$3,675+21%$1,776 – $4,700
Massachusetts MA19$3,422+12%$2,017 – $6,896
South Carolina SC20$3,120+2%$2,157 – $7,026
Michigan MI52$2,912−4%$1,660 – $4,499
Minnesota MN39$2,824−7%$1,353 – $3,115
Idaho ID15$2,810−8%$1,261 – $6,877
Missouri MO32$2,737−10%$1,071 – $4,726
Virginia VA43$2,563−16%$1,518 – $4,136
Illinois IL41$2,257−26%$1,228 – $3,630
Oklahoma OK31$2,195−28%$787 – $6,601
North Carolina NC19$2,175−29%$2,175 – $3,241
Oregon OR39$2,148−29%$1,283 – $3,742
Colorado CO26$2,140−30%$1,380 – $4,406
Indiana IN28$2,088−31%$1,427 – $3,101
Louisiana LA17$1,950−36%$1,167 – $3,653
North Dakota ND12$1,926−37%$1,240 – $5,244
Nebraska NE26$1,803−41%$1,269 – $2,173
West Virginia WV22$1,744−43%$723 – $3,908
Iowa IA34$1,741−43%$1,170 – $3,736
Maine ME12$1,652−46%$1,028 – $3,099
Mississippi MS23$1,632−46%$910 – $2,444
Montana MT16$1,562−49%$1,091 – $3,216
Tennessee TN22$1,518−50%$862 – $1,518
Kansas KS26$1,445−53%$998 – $2,452
Vermont VT10$1,307−57%$984 – $3,962
Arizona AZ10$1,251−59%$690 – $4,015
Arkansas AR15$1,241−59%$743 – $2,361
Kentucky KY17$1,191−61%$1,002 – $2,566
New Hampshire NH10$843−72%$590 – $1,929
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $3,045.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care941$3,630$1,686 – $6,224
Children’s27$5,015$1,776 – $15,694
Critical access309$1,798$1,116 – $3,675
Ownership
For-profit128$3,801$1,798 – $7,304
Government223$2,175$1,268 – $4,406
Non-profit926$3,045$1,489 – $5,814
System affiliation
Part of a system1,029$3,138$1,518 – $5,992
Independent250$2,164$1,169 – $4,726

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,022
Median cash price$3,045
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

890 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,099 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,237; most fall between $1,404 and $6,018.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 890 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
$1,015$1,629$3,099$5,244$7,911

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,015 vs $7,911).

Of the 980 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 890 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 53 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,279 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (32%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,404 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,279
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code1,404

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 OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Amp F/Th 1/2 Jt/Phalanx W/Neurect Local Flap.

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, “Amputation of a finger or thumb with skin flap closure (CPT 26952) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26952-amputation-of-a-finger-or-thumb-with-skin-flap-closure