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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Removal of all or part of the kneecap

CPT 27350the billing code this page is about

Surgery to take out the kneecap entirely or to remove only a portion of it.

Hospitals typically charge $3,213 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 513 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,750. Most fall between $1,123 and $8,454 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
513
States
47
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 513 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$1,315$3,213$7,898$10,879

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($938 vs $10,879).

How the prices are spread

$694 – $945: 30 hospitals$694$945 – $1,286: 72 hospitals$1,286 – $1,751: 50 hospitals$1,286$1,751 – $2,383: 62 hospitals$2,383 – $3,243: 32 hospitals$2,383$3,243 – $4,415: 42 hospitals$4,415 – $6,009: 38 hospitals$4,415$6,009 – $8,180: 49 hospitals$8,180 – $11,134: 65 hospitals$8,180$11,134 – $15,155: 24 hospitals$11,134median $3,213price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (464 of 513 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$694$94530
$945$1,28672
$1,286$1,75150
$1,751$2,38362
$2,383$3,24332
$3,243$4,41542
$4,415$6,00938
$6,009$8,18049
$8,180$11,13465
$11,134$15,15524

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,213
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.43×

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 $3,213.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,996 across 11 hospitalsWA$1,996Idaho: median $4,635 across 12 hospitalsID$4,635Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,750 across 24 hospitalsMN$3,750Illinois: median $1,246 across 17 hospitalsIL$1,246Wisconsin: median $3,659 across 30 hospitalsWI$3,659Michigan: median $1,921 across 32 hospitalsMI$1,921New York: median $7,413 across 31 hospitalsNY$7,413Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,223 across 16 hospitalsOR$1,223Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,605 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,605Indiana: median $993 across 13 hospitalsIN$993Ohio: median $2,252 across 17 hospitalsOH$2,252Pennsylvania: median $8,376 across 14 hospitalsPA$8,376New Jersey: median $7,807 across 32 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,585 across 44 hospitalsCA$5,585Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,581 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,581Missouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $697 across 12 hospitalsWV$697Virginia: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,580 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,580North Carolina: 3 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 $1,084 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,084Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,476 across 13 hospitalsAL$6,476Georgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,476 across 24 hospitalsTX$5,476Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,213. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA14$8,376+161%$6,943 – $13,461
New Jersey NJ32$7,807+143%$4,881 – $9,214
New York NY31$7,413+131%$1,056 – $8,454
Alabama AL13$6,476+102%$1,485 – $16,463
California CA44$5,585+74%$3,240 – $9,565
Texas TX24$5,476+70%$2,171 – $6,194
Idaho ID12$4,635+44%$1,618 – $14,738
Minnesota MN24$3,750+17%$1,359 – $4,925
Wisconsin WI30$3,659+14%$3,259 – $3,659
Ohio OH17$2,252−30%$1,299 – $7,861
Washington WA11$1,996−38%$1,191 – $2,319
Michigan MI32$1,921−40%$1,269 – $3,659
Iowa IA18$1,605−50%$1,605 – $1,735
Nebraska NE10$1,581−51%$969 – $3,083
Tennessee TN10$1,580−51%$848 – $8,492
Illinois IL17$1,246−61%$993 – $1,605
Oregon OR16$1,223−62%$1,223 – $2,182
Oklahoma OK13$1,084−66%$1,084 – $6,460
Indiana IN13$993−69%$825 – $2,406
West Virginia WV12$697−78%$694 – $1,751
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not 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
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 $3,213.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care370$3,560$1,223 – $9,214
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access131$1,996$1,058 – $4,925
Ownership
For-profit61$5,942$1,123 – $11,704
Government82$2,181$1,225 – $7,898
Non-profit368$3,240$1,100 – $8,454
System affiliation
Part of a system392$3,259$1,131 – $9,214
Independent121$2,055$1,120 – $5,585

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,135
Median cash price$3,213
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

274 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,214 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,792; most fall between $1,039 and $6,980.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 274 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
$848$1,100$2,214$5,476$9,565

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($848 vs $9,565).

Of the 321 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 274 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

513 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 595 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted513
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code595

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 Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Patellectomy/Hemipatellectomy.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of all or part of the kneecap (CPT 27350) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27350-removal-of-all-or-part-of-the-kneecap