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

Release of the hip joint capsule with hip flexor release

CPT 27036the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to cut or remove part of the tight capsule around the hip joint together with release of the hip flexor muscles, with or without removal of extra bone.

Hospitals typically charge $2,854 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 236 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,252. Most fall between $1,588 and $7,053 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
236
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 236 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
$1,061$1,663$2,854$5,773$9,791

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,061 vs $9,791).

How the prices are spread

$691 – $919: 10 hospitals$691$919 – $1,223: 10 hospitals$1,223 – $1,628: 24 hospitals$1,223$1,628 – $2,166: 42 hospitals$2,166 – $2,882: 23 hospitals$2,166$2,882 – $3,835: 26 hospitals$3,835 – $5,103: 24 hospitals$3,835$5,103 – $6,791: 16 hospitals$6,791 – $9,036: 15 hospitals$6,791$9,036 – $12,023: 24 hospitals$9,036median $2,854price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (214 of 236 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$691$91910
$919$1,22310
$1,223$1,62824
$1,628$2,16642
$2,166$2,88223
$2,882$3,83526
$3,835$5,10324
$5,103$6,79116
$6,791$9,03615
$9,036$12,02324

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,854
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.39×

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 $2,854.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,857 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,857Wisconsin: median $5,015 across 15 hospitalsWI$5,015Michigan: median $3,954 across 13 hospitalsMI$3,954New York: median $7,413 across 15 hospitalsNY$7,413Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,743 across 11 hospitalsOR$2,743Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $3,739 across 13 hospitalsOH$3,739Pennsylvania: median $1,624 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,624New Jersey: median $4,627 across 21 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,678 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,678Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,854. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New York NY15$7,413+160%$4,520 – $9,058
Wisconsin WI15$5,015+76%$5,015 – $9,630
New Jersey NJ21$4,627+62%$1,592 – $5,855
Michigan MI13$3,954+39%$1,535 – $9,978
Ohio OH13$3,739+31%$1,550 – $3,914
Oregon OR11$2,743−4%$1,888 – $3,364
Illinois IL12$1,857−35%$781 – $2,344
Oklahoma OK13$1,678−41%$1,678 – $1,678
Pennsylvania PA19$1,624−43%$633 – $5,773
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $2,854.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care177$2,875$1,588 – $6,839
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access49$2,762$1,654 – $9,630
Ownership
For-profit28$3,627$1,294 – $11,403
Government39$2,529$1,622 – $6,649
Non-profit168$2,961$1,578 – $6,541
System affiliation
Part of a system175$3,364$1,588 – $7,413
Independent61$2,155$1,550 – $6,541

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,236
Median cash price$2,854
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

128 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,957 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,417; most fall between $1,245 and $4,772.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 128 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
$1,003$1,528$1,957$3,954$9,791

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,003 vs $9,791).

Of the 151 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 128 gave a usable cash price; 14 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

236 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 289 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted236
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code289

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 Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Capslctomy/Capsul Hip W/Rls Hip Flxr Musc.

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 the hip joint capsule with hip flexor release (CPT 27036) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27036-release-of-the-hip-joint-capsule-with-hip-flexor-release