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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Removal of bone cyst or benign tumor from thigh bone

CPT 27355the billing code this page is about

Scraping out or cutting away a fluid-filled cyst or non-cancerous growth in the thigh bone, with no bone graft or hardware used.

Hospitals typically charge $2,162 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 539 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,627. Most fall between $1,007 and $5,728 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
539
States
48
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 539 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
$785$1,141$2,162$4,720$8,402

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($785 vs $8,402).

How the prices are spread

$540 – $720: 18 hospitals$540$720 – $960: 46 hospitals$960 – $1,279: 64 hospitals$960$1,279 – $1,705: 65 hospitals$1,705 – $2,273: 58 hospitals$1,705$2,273 – $3,029: 39 hospitals$3,029 – $4,038: 52 hospitals$3,029$4,038 – $5,383: 54 hospitals$5,383 – $7,175: 56 hospitals$5,383$7,175 – $9,565: 37 hospitals$7,175median $2,162price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (489 of 539 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$540$72018
$720$96046
$960$1,27964
$1,279$1,70565
$1,705$2,27358
$2,273$3,02939
$3,029$4,03852
$4,038$5,38354
$5,383$7,17556
$7,175$9,56537

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,162
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

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 $2,162.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 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 $2,122 across 14 hospitalsWA$2,122Idaho: median $4,551 across 10 hospitalsID$4,551Montana: 7 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 $2,177 across 26 hospitalsMN$2,177Illinois: median $1,140 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,140Wisconsin: median $3,029 across 32 hospitalsWI$3,029Michigan: median $1,423 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,423New York: median $3,840 across 29 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,141 across 16 hospitalsOR$1,141Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $1,486 across 25 hospitalsIA$1,486Indiana: median $857 across 14 hospitalsIN$857Ohio: median $1,975 across 17 hospitalsOH$1,975Pennsylvania: median $905 across 20 hospitalsPA$905New Jersey: median $4,330 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,565 across 34 hospitalsCA$9,565Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,612 across 12 hospitalsNE$1,612Missouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,038 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,038Virginia: 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: 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: median $1,043 across 15 hospitalsKS$1,043Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 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 $1,007 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,007Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,653 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,728 across 26 hospitalsTX$5,728Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,162. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA34$9,565+342%$1,548 – $9,565
Georgia GA10$6,653+208%$4,852 – $6,653
Texas TX26$5,728+165%$3,127 – $6,301
Idaho ID10$4,551+110%$1,232 – $8,372
New Jersey NJ31$4,330+100%$3,594 – $5,419
New York NY29$3,840+78%$1,650 – $3,884
Wisconsin WI32$3,029+40%$2,701 – $6,492
Minnesota MN26$2,177+1%$1,481 – $4,583
Washington WA14$2,122−2%$1,141 – $6,061
Ohio OH17$1,975−9%$1,093 – $2,780
Nebraska NE12$1,612−25%$1,469 – $2,039
Iowa IA25$1,486−31%$1,297 – $1,773
Michigan MI33$1,423−34%$1,165 – $2,701
Oregon OR16$1,141−47%$1,141 – $2,029
Illinois IL16$1,140−47%$857 – $2,639
Kansas KS15$1,043−52%$872 – $3,089
West Virginia WV16$1,038−52%$649 – $7,035
Oklahoma OK13$1,007−53%$1,007 – $6,615
Pennsylvania PA20$905−58%$382 – $5,038
Indiana IN14$857−60%$764 – $2,325
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $2,162.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care372$2,865$1,034 – $6,311
Children’s20$2,544$1,481 – $6,331
Critical access146$1,560$964 – $3,344
Ownership
For-profit54$3,377$1,007 – $8,372
Government103$1,790$1,081 – $4,015
Non-profit381$2,177$1,007 – $5,741
System affiliation
Part of a system398$2,701$1,007 – $6,361
Independent141$1,718$1,013 – $3,914

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,542
Median cash price$2,162
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

252 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,683 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,428; most fall between $917 and $6,301.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 252 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
$763$1,007$1,683$5,467$8,166

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($763 vs $8,166).

Of the 288 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 252 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

539 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 606 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted539
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code606

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 Excision/Curettage Cyst/Tumor Femur.

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, “Removal of bone cyst or benign tumor from thigh bone (CPT 27355) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27355-removal-of-bone-cyst-or-benign-tumor-from-thigh-bone