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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Repair of torn tendon below the kneecap

CPT 27380the billing code this page is about

Open surgical stitching of a freshly torn patellar (infrapatellar) tendon at the front of the knee.

Hospitals typically charge $3,315 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 852 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,294. Most fall between $1,148 and $10,702 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
852
States
50
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 852 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
$739$1,278$3,315$9,286$16,437

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($739 vs $16,437).

How the prices are spread

$557 – $806: 57 hospitals$557$806 – $1,166: 83 hospitals$1,166 – $1,685: 118 hospitals$1,166$1,685 – $2,437: 73 hospitals$2,437 – $3,524: 66 hospitals$2,437$3,524 – $5,096: 71 hospitals$5,096 – $7,369: 64 hospitals$5,096$7,369 – $10,655: 107 hospitals$10,655 – $15,407: 72 hospitals$10,655$15,407 – $22,279: 57 hospitals$15,407median $3,315price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (768 of 852 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$557$80657
$806$1,16683
$1,166$1,685118
$1,685$2,43773
$2,437$3,52466
$3,524$5,09671
$5,096$7,36964
$7,369$10,655107
$10,655$15,40772
$15,407$22,27957

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,315
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.45×

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 $3,315.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $875 across 10 hospitalsVT$875New Hampshire: median $762 across 10 hospitalsNH$762Washington: median $8,167 across 31 hospitalsWA$8,167Idaho: median $3,250 across 15 hospitalsID$3,250Montana: median $1,793 across 12 hospitalsMT$1,793North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,942 across 32 hospitalsMN$2,942Illinois: median $1,649 across 27 hospitalsIL$1,649Wisconsin: median $3,315 across 43 hospitalsWI$3,315Michigan: median $1,162 across 40 hospitalsMI$1,162New York: median $8,454 across 61 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: median $6,866 across 10 hospitalsMA$6,866Oregon: median $1,829 across 31 hospitalsOR$1,829Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,494 across 30 hospitalsIA$1,494Indiana: median $1,751 across 19 hospitalsIN$1,751Ohio: median $2,808 across 28 hospitalsOH$2,808Pennsylvania: median $1,632 across 27 hospitalsPA$1,632New Jersey: median $7,907 across 34 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $8,908 across 64 hospitalsCA$8,908Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,389 across 13 hospitalsCO$1,389Nebraska: median $1,841 across 19 hospitalsNE$1,841Missouri: median $2,265 across 15 hospitalsMO$2,265Kentucky: median $931 across 11 hospitalsKY$931West Virginia: median $1,585 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,585Virginia: median $4,118 across 13 hospitalsVA$4,118Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,090 across 10 hospitalsAZ$7,090New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,195 across 18 hospitalsKS$1,195Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,932 across 12 hospitalsTN$3,932North Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,309 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,309Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,980 across 17 hospitalsAL$6,980Georgia: median $4,862 across 14 hospitalsGA$4,862Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,887 across 39 hospitalsTX$5,887Florida: median $8,179 across 14 hospitalsFL$8,179
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,315. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA64$8,908+169%$1,551 – $10,595
New York NY61$8,454+155%$1,456 – $13,784
Florida FL14$8,179+147%$1,937 – $14,853
Washington WA31$8,167+146%$1,305 – $16,414
New Jersey NJ34$7,907+139%$4,881 – $9,757
Arizona AZ10$7,090+114%$644 – $20,861
Alabama AL17$6,980+111%$1,680 – $15,262
Massachusetts MA10$6,866+107%$3,028 – $20,408
Texas TX39$5,887+78%$4,325 – $12,313
Georgia GA14$4,862+47%$2,299 – $23,258
Virginia VA13$4,118+24%$416 – $7,824
Tennessee TN12$3,932+19%$771 – $8,236
Wisconsin WI43$3,3150%$2,380 – $5,246
Idaho ID15$3,250−2%$1,244 – $12,106
Minnesota MN32$2,942−11%$1,242 – $5,088
Ohio OH28$2,808−15%$1,325 – $31,040
Missouri MO15$2,265−32%$876 – $8,534
Nebraska NE19$1,841−44%$1,303 – $8,518
Oregon OR31$1,829−45%$1,158 – $16,403
Montana MT12$1,793−46%$702 – $2,939
Indiana IN19$1,751−47%$818 – $20,718
Illinois IL27$1,649−50%$818 – $5,834
Pennsylvania PA27$1,632−51%$404 – $10,702
West Virginia WV17$1,585−52%$664 – $9,080
Iowa IA30$1,494−55%$1,396 – $1,824
Colorado CO13$1,389−58%$886 – $21,053
Oklahoma OK14$1,309−61%$1,309 – $7,107
Kansas KS18$1,195−64%$568 – $3,029
Michigan MI40$1,162−65%$739 – $9,978
Kentucky KY11$931−72%$628 – $1,924
Vermont VT10$875−74%$322 – $1,529
New Hampshire NH10$762−77%$469 – $1,394
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $3,315.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care608$4,930$1,217 – $13,319
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access229$1,718$910 – $3,652
Ownership
For-profit95$7,418$1,707 – $15,489
Government151$1,851$1,166 – $7,600
Non-profit604$3,358$1,043 – $10,595
System affiliation
Part of a system646$3,979$1,202 – $12,106
Independent206$1,851$1,023 – $6,943

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,640
Median cash price$3,315
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

438 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,380 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,285; most fall between $911 and $10,468.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 438 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
$682$1,153$2,380$7,035$14,613

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($682 vs $14,613).

Of the 488 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 438 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 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

852 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 958 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted852
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code958

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 PR Fix Infrapatella Tendon,Primary.

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, “Repair of torn tendon below the kneecap (CPT 27380) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27380-repair-of-torn-tendon-below-the-kneecap