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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Open knee cartilage and bone graft from a donor

CPT 27415the billing code this page is about

Open knee surgery that fills a damaged area of cartilage and underlying bone with donor (allograft) tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $5,857 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 491 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,375. Most fall between $2,641 and $17,213 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
491
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 491 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
$1,940$2,874$5,857$15,226$23,193

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,940 vs $23,193).

How the prices are spread

$1,261 – $1,757: 23 hospitals$1,261$1,757 – $2,449: 34 hospitals$2,449 – $3,414: 84 hospitals$2,449$3,414 – $4,759: 53 hospitals$4,759 – $6,632: 44 hospitals$4,759$6,632 – $9,244: 48 hospitals$9,244 – $12,884: 25 hospitals$9,244$12,884 – $17,958: 67 hospitals$17,958 – $25,030: 43 hospitals$17,958$25,030 – $34,886: 22 hospitals$25,030median $5,857price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (443 of 491 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,261$1,75723
$1,757$2,44934
$2,449$3,41484
$3,414$4,75953
$4,759$6,63244
$6,632$9,24448
$9,244$12,88425
$12,884$17,95867
$17,958$25,03043
$25,030$34,88622

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$13,117
Median cash price$5,857
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 $5,857.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,944 across 11 hospitalsWA$4,944Idaho: median $19,343 across 11 hospitalsID$19,343Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,356 across 19 hospitalsMN$8,356Illinois: median $2,611 across 13 hospitalsIL$2,611Wisconsin: median $7,147 across 25 hospitalsWI$7,147Michigan: median $3,401 across 31 hospitalsMI$3,401New York: median $9,856 across 34 hospitalsNY$9,856Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,538 across 12 hospitalsOR$2,538Nevada: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,377 across 21 hospitalsIA$3,377Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $5,200 across 17 hospitalsOH$5,200Pennsylvania: median $9,117 across 22 hospitalsPA$9,117New Jersey: median $14,062 across 34 hospitalsNJ$14,062Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $20,810 across 34 hospitalsCA$20,810Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $2,766 across 11 hospitalsCO$2,766Nebraska: median $4,045 across 15 hospitalsNE$4,045Missouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,618 across 10 hospitalsTN$3,618North 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 $2,874 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,874Louisiana: 4 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $7,863 across 28 hospitalsTX$7,863Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,857. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA34$20,810+255%$3,395 – $20,810
Idaho ID11$19,343+230%$11,629 – $20,426
New Jersey NJ34$14,062+140%$4,627 – $16,378
New York NY34$9,856+68%$3,292 – $15,226
Pennsylvania PA22$9,117+56%$891 – $21,753
Minnesota MN19$8,356+43%$3,629 – $9,354
Texas TX28$7,863+34%$4,577 – $18,254
Wisconsin WI25$7,147+22%$5,857 – $7,147
Ohio OH17$5,200−11%$2,897 – $22,296
Washington WA11$4,944−16%$2,661 – $20,177
Nebraska NE15$4,045−31%$3,294 – $7,652
Tennessee TN10$3,618−38%$2,303 – $6,516
Michigan MI31$3,401−42%$3,401 – $17,654
Iowa IA21$3,377−42%$3,334 – $3,534
Oklahoma OK13$2,874−51%$2,874 – $16,223
Colorado CO11$2,766−53%$2,279 – $10,976
Illinois IL13$2,611−55%$1,063 – $7,759
Oregon OR12$2,538−57%$2,538 – $7,506
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not 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 $5,857.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care367$7,053$2,663 – $17,969
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access107$4,180$2,530 – $8,356
Ownership
For-profit65$13,057$3,628 – $27,300
Government79$4,483$2,544 – $15,755
Non-profit345$5,233$2,611 – $15,473
System affiliation
Part of a system372$6,362$2,874 – $17,654
Independent119$4,440$2,466 – $15,473

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,802
Median cash price$5,857
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

241 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,968 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,558; most fall between $2,409 and $13,057.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 241 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
$1,652$2,611$3,968$10,629$20,810

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,652 vs $20,810).

Of the 272 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 241 gave a usable cash price; 14 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

491 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 553 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted491
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code553

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 OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Osteochondral Allograft Knee Open.

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, “Open knee cartilage and bone graft from a donor (CPT 27415) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27415-open-knee-cartilage-and-bone-graft-from-a-donor