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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Surgery to release a tight thigh muscle above the knee

CPT 27430the billing code this page is about

Open operation on the quadriceps muscle and tendon above the knee to lengthen or free scarred, tight tissue and improve knee bending.

Hospitals typically charge $2,627 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 411 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,938. Most fall between $1,228 and $9,748 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
411
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 411 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
$892$1,341$2,627$8,454$13,490

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($892 vs $13,490).

How the prices are spread

$686 – $954: 26 hospitals$686$954 – $1,328: 55 hospitals$1,328 – $1,849: 69 hospitals$1,328$1,849 – $2,573: 34 hospitals$2,573 – $3,581: 21 hospitals$2,573$3,581 – $4,983: 26 hospitals$4,983 – $6,936: 32 hospitals$4,983$6,936 – $9,652: 42 hospitals$9,652 – $13,434: 34 hospitals$9,652$13,434 – $18,696: 34 hospitals$13,434median $2,627price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (373 of 411 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$686$95426
$954$1,32855
$1,328$1,84969
$1,849$2,57334
$2,573$3,58121
$3,581$4,98326
$4,983$6,93632
$6,936$9,65242
$9,652$13,43434
$13,434$18,69634

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,627
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.35×

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 $2,627.

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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,714 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,714Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 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 $2,460 across 10 hospitalsMN$2,460Illinois: median $1,415 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,415Wisconsin: median $3,681 across 15 hospitalsWI$3,681Michigan: median $1,230 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,230New York: median $8,454 across 27 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,382 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,382Nevada: 3 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 $1,825 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,825Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,642 across 16 hospitalsOH$2,642Pennsylvania: median $1,313 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,313New Jersey: median $7,807 across 30 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 2 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 $13,490 across 34 hospitalsCA$13,490Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,228 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,228Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 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 $5,887 across 23 hospitalsTX$5,887Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,627. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA34$13,490+414%$1,445 – $13,490
New York NY27$8,454+222%$1,199 – $8,454
New Jersey NJ30$7,807+197%$5,110 – $9,388
Texas TX23$5,887+124%$2,653 – $6,835
Wisconsin WI15$3,681+40%$2,332 – $5,246
Ohio OH16$2,642+1%$1,495 – $3,375
Minnesota MN10$2,460−6%$1,260 – $3,200
Iowa IA20$1,825−31%$1,690 – $2,071
Washington WA14$1,714−35%$1,270 – $12,925
Illinois IL15$1,415−46%$1,088 – $1,825
Oregon OR14$1,382−47%$1,382 – $2,467
Pennsylvania PA19$1,313−50%$463 – $12,077
Michigan MI27$1,230−53%$755 – $9,978
Oklahoma OK13$1,228−53%$1,228 – $8,780
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $2,627.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care310$3,681$1,228 – $9,791
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access83$1,798$1,088 – $3,681
Ownership
For-profit43$5,051$1,228 – $12,429
Government76$2,071$1,373 – $8,454
Non-profit291$2,642$1,217 – $9,654
System affiliation
Part of a system312$3,424$1,228 – $9,791
Independent99$1,883$1,270 – $6,519

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,833
Median cash price$2,627
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

223 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,825 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,806; most fall between $1,199 and $8,170.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 223 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
$994$1,228$1,825$6,835$13,490

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($994 vs $13,490).

Of the 249 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 223 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

411 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 465 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted411
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code465

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 Quadricepsplasty.

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, “Surgery to release a tight thigh muscle above the knee (CPT 27430) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27430-surgery-to-release-a-tight-thigh-muscle-above-the-knee