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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Minimally invasive fusion of the sacroiliac joint

CPT 27279the billing code this page is about

Fusion of the joint between the sacrum and pelvis done through a small skin puncture using imaging guidance, including placement of a fixation device and bone graft if used.

Hospitals typically charge $10,087 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 595 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $10,837. Most fall between $1,534 and $22,686 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
595
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 595 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
$1,066$2,072$10,087$21,432$36,953

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 35× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,066 vs $36,953).

How the prices are spread

$854 – $1,285: 51 hospitals$854$1,285 – $1,933: 63 hospitals$1,933 – $2,908: 47 hospitals$1,933$2,908 – $4,375: 52 hospitals$4,375 – $6,582: 26 hospitals$4,375$6,582 – $9,902: 24 hospitals$9,902 – $14,897: 29 hospitals$9,902$14,897 – $22,411: 154 hospitals$22,411 – $33,717: 50 hospitals$22,411$33,717 – $50,725: 41 hospitals$33,717median $10,087price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (537 of 595 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$854$1,28551
$1,285$1,93363
$1,933$2,90847
$2,908$4,37552
$4,375$6,58226
$6,582$9,90224
$9,902$14,89729
$14,897$22,411154
$22,411$33,71750
$33,717$50,72541

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$17,914
Median cash price$10,087
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.56×

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 $10,087.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital 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 $17,113 across 13 hospitalsID$17,113Montana: 5 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 $3,483 across 27 hospitalsMN$3,483Illinois: median $2,119 across 19 hospitalsIL$2,119Wisconsin: median $4,845 across 29 hospitalsWI$4,845Michigan: median $1,084 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,084New York: median $20,700 across 37 hospitalsNY$20,700Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,678 across 11 hospitalsOR$2,678Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $2,119 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,119Indiana: median $2,912 across 26 hospitalsIN$2,912Ohio: median $24,083 across 43 hospitalsOH$24,083Pennsylvania: median $17,922 across 14 hospitalsPA$17,922New Jersey: median $9,937 across 30 hospitalsNJ$9,937Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $15,372 across 29 hospitalsCA$15,372Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $18,898 across 17 hospitalsMO$18,898Kentucky: median $10,911 across 11 hospitalsKY$10,911West Virginia: median $5,970 across 21 hospitalsWV$5,970Virginia: 7 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 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 $1,296 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,296Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 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 $15,960 across 37 hospitalsTX$15,960Florida: median $17,527 across 27 hospitalsFL$17,527
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $10,087. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH43$24,083+139%$20,291 – $50,471
New York NY37$20,700+105%$1,557 – $21,762
Missouri MO17$18,898+87%$1,234 – $36,392
Pennsylvania PA14$17,922+78%$7,848 – $34,653
Florida FL27$17,527+74%$17,527 – $51,383
Idaho ID13$17,113+70%$6,386 – $30,480
Texas TX37$15,960+58%$15,657 – $20,558
California CA29$15,372+52%$15,372 – $15,372
Kentucky KY11$10,911+8%$938 – $73,843
New Jersey NJ30$9,937−1%$5,110 – $20,373
West Virginia WV21$5,970−41%$871 – $7,940
Wisconsin WI29$4,845−52%$3,531 – $17,385
Minnesota MN27$3,483−65%$2,280 – $20,291
Indiana IN26$2,912−71%$1,504 – $19,227
Oregon OR11$2,678−73%$1,485 – $2,678
Iowa IA17$2,119−79%$1,400 – $2,119
Illinois IL19$2,119−79%$938 – $30,644
Oklahoma OK14$1,296−87%$1,296 – $15,700
Michigan MI35$1,084−89%$849 – $24,110
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $10,087.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care487$15,106$1,792 – $24,110
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access98$3,483$1,164 – $17,113
Ownership
For-profit70$18,468$2,896 – $32,528
Government69$10,087$1,606 – $21,762
Non-profit451$7,848$1,508 – $21,657
System affiliation
Part of a system494$12,466$1,642 – $22,316
Independent101$6,903$1,446 – $25,295

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$15,251
Median cash price$10,087
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

329 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,295 and the average of the middle 60% is $8,603; most fall between $1,234 and $20,794.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 329 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
$938$1,421$4,295$17,527$28,557

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 30× what the cheapest tenth charges ($938 vs $28,557).

Of the 357 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 329 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

595 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 649 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted595
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code649

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 joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrodesis Si Joint Percutaneous/Min Invasive.

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, “Minimally invasive fusion of the sacroiliac joint (CPT 27279) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27279-minimally-invasive-fusion-of-the-sacroiliac-joint