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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Needle release of one groin or hamstring tendon

CPT 27306the billing code this page is about

Cutting of a single tight inner-thigh or hamstring tendon through the skin with a needle or small blade rather than an open incision.

Hospitals typically charge $2,887 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 579 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,033. Most fall between $908 and $5,962 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
579
States
46
Filings dated
Dec 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 579 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
$643$1,276$2,887$4,776$8,018

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($643 vs $8,018).

How the prices are spread

$480 – $649: 36 hospitals$480$649 – $876: 47 hospitals$876 – $1,184: 24 hospitals$876$1,184 – $1,599: 37 hospitals$1,599 – $2,159: 50 hospitals$1,599$2,159 – $2,916: 73 hospitals$2,916 – $3,938: 88 hospitals$2,916$3,938 – $5,319: 69 hospitals$5,319 – $7,183: 62 hospitals$5,319$7,183 – $9,701: 43 hospitals$7,183median $2,887price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (529 of 579 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$480$64936
$649$87647
$876$1,18424
$1,184$1,59937
$1,599$2,15950
$2,159$2,91673
$2,916$3,93888
$3,938$5,31969
$5,319$7,18362
$7,183$9,70143

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,887
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.86×

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 $2,887.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,729 across 13 hospitalsWA$4,729Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,719 across 20 hospitalsMN$1,719Illinois: median $1,318 across 19 hospitalsIL$1,318Wisconsin: median $2,365 across 50 hospitalsWI$2,365Michigan: median $1,506 across 24 hospitalsMI$1,506New York: median $3,840 across 33 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: median $8,582 across 18 hospitalsMA$8,582Oregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $860 across 17 hospitalsIA$860Indiana: median $1,749 across 17 hospitalsIN$1,749Ohio: median $3,447 across 59 hospitalsOH$3,447Pennsylvania: median $3,866 across 42 hospitalsPA$3,866New Jersey: median $4,233 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,233Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,138 across 36 hospitalsCA$6,138Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,887 across 17 hospitalsCO$2,887Nebraska: median $1,489 across 11 hospitalsNE$1,489Missouri: 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: 3 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $2,181 across 10 hospitalsNC$2,181South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $709 across 14 hospitalsOK$709Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $4,492 across 34 hospitalsTX$4,492Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,887. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA18$8,582+197%$3,210 – $9,734
California CA36$6,138+113%$2,862 – $6,138
Washington WA13$4,729+64%$847 – $5,345
Texas TX34$4,492+56%$1,463 – $4,776
New Jersey NJ35$4,233+47%$3,591 – $5,110
Pennsylvania PA42$3,866+34%$265 – $8,561
New York NY33$3,840+33%$2,001 – $6,492
Ohio OH59$3,447+19%$2,252 – $9,701
Colorado CO17$2,8870%$2,815 – $8,018
Wisconsin WI50$2,365−18%$2,061 – $2,764
North Carolina NC10$2,181−24%$2,181 – $3,120
Indiana IN17$1,749−39%$1,531 – $2,741
Minnesota MN20$1,719−40%$866 – $1,930
Michigan MI24$1,506−48%$658 – $4,499
Nebraska NE11$1,489−48%$648 – $1,942
Illinois IL19$1,318−54%$260 – $4,639
Iowa IA17$860−70%$860 – $2,878
Oklahoma OK14$709−75%$709 – $6,615
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,887.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care479$3,309$920 – $6,138
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access87$2,061$816 – $3,985
Ownership
For-profit57$2,975$973 – $6,653
Government60$2,255$668 – $3,840
Non-profit458$2,921$973 – $6,114
System affiliation
Part of a system492$3,131$1,204 – $6,138
Independent87$1,834$658 – $4,015

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,730
Median cash price$2,887
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

392 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,100 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,310; most fall between $973 and $6,138.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 392 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
$669$1,489$3,100$6,074$8,582

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($669 vs $8,582).

Of the 414 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 392 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

579 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 624 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted579
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code624

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 therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tenotomy Prq Adductor/Hamstring 1 Tendon Spx.

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, “Needle release of one groin or hamstring tendon (CPT 27306) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27306-needle-release-of-one-groin-or-hamstring-tendon