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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Wide removal of cancerous thigh or knee tumor under 5 cm

CPT 27329the billing code this page is about

Extensive removal of a malignant or aggressive soft tissue tumor of the thigh or knee area, taking surrounding healthy tissue with it; tumor smaller than 5 centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $3,253 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 330 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,312. Most fall between $1,744 and $5,110 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
330
States
45
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 330 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
$1,151$1,962$3,253$4,794$7,683

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,151 vs $7,683).

How the prices are spread

$863 – $1,080: 7 hospitals$863$1,080 – $1,353: 15 hospitals$1,353 – $1,693: 15 hospitals$1,353$1,693 – $2,120: 36 hospitals$2,120 – $2,654: 38 hospitals$2,120$2,654 – $3,322: 42 hospitals$3,322 – $4,159: 51 hospitals$3,322$4,159 – $5,206: 45 hospitals$5,206 – $6,517: 20 hospitals$5,206$6,517 – $8,159: 33 hospitals$6,517median $3,253price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (302 of 330 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$863$1,0807
$1,080$1,35315
$1,353$1,69315
$1,693$2,12036
$2,120$2,65438
$2,654$3,32242
$3,322$4,15951
$4,159$5,20645
$5,206$6,51720
$6,517$8,15933

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$3,253
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

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 $3,253.

Alaska: 2 hospitals 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,996 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,996Wisconsin: median $4,794 across 20 hospitalsWI$4,794Michigan: median $2,259 across 26 hospitalsMI$2,259New York: median $3,387 across 23 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,414 across 11 hospitalsOR$3,414Nevada: 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: median $2,554 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,554Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,975 across 12 hospitalsOH$2,975Pennsylvania: median $2,094 across 19 hospitalsPA$2,094New Jersey: median $3,819 across 28 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,683 across 25 hospitalsCA$7,683Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 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: 3 hospitals 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 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 $1,713 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,713Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,253 across 19 hospitalsTX$3,253Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,253. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA25$7,683+136%$2,788 – $7,683
Wisconsin WI20$4,794+47%$4,794 – $5,068
New Jersey NJ28$3,819+17%$3,171 – $5,339
Oregon OR11$3,414+5%$1,921 – $3,414
New York NY23$3,387+4%$1,674 – $3,626
Texas TX19$3,2530%$3,012 – $3,253
Ohio OH12$2,975−9%$2,092 – $4,087
Iowa IA15$2,554−22%$2,554 – $2,554
Michigan MI26$2,259−31%$2,259 – $3,994
Pennsylvania PA19$2,094−36%$646 – $5,393
Illinois IL13$1,996−39%$1,151 – $3,564
Oklahoma OK12$1,713−47%$1,713 – $1,713
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $3,253.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care268$3,253$1,733 – $5,609
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$3,414$1,882 – $5,068
Ownership
For-profit31$2,930$1,294 – $4,794
Government43$2,951$1,920 – $4,589
Non-profit255$3,356$1,751 – $5,393
System affiliation
Part of a system280$3,371$1,713 – $5,393
Independent50$2,534$1,859 – $4,236

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,357
Median cash price$3,253
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

191 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,916 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,133; most fall between $1,713 and $5,984.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 191 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
$1,151$1,733$2,916$4,794$7,683

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,151 vs $7,683).

Of the 211 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 191 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 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

330 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 367 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted330
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here29
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code367

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 Rad Resect Tumor Soft Tissue Thigh/Knee <5cm.

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, “Wide removal of cancerous thigh or knee tumor under 5 cm (CPT 27329) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27329-wide-removal-of-cancerous-thigh-or-knee-tumor-under-5-cm