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Procedure price report · Arthroplasty knee

Knee resurfacing of thighbone or shinbone surfaces

CPT 27442the billing code this page is about

Open reshaping of the worn ends of the thighbone and/or the top of the shinbone within the knee joint, short of a full knee replacement.

Hospitals typically charge $3,103 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 368 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,815. Most fall between $1,361 and $15,153 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
368
States
45
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 368 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
$958$1,451$3,103$11,700$17,209

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($958 vs $17,209).

How the prices are spread

$737 – $1,025: 22 hospitals$737$1,025 – $1,427: 40 hospitals$1,427 – $1,985: 45 hospitals$1,427$1,985 – $2,763: 37 hospitals$2,763 – $3,845: 40 hospitals$2,763$3,845 – $5,351: 34 hospitals$5,351 – $7,446: 9 hospitals$5,351$7,446 – $10,361: 18 hospitals$10,361 – $14,419: 26 hospitals$10,361$14,419 – $20,065: 61 hospitals$14,419median $3,103price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (332 of 368 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$737$1,02522
$1,025$1,42740
$1,427$1,98545
$1,985$2,76337
$2,763$3,84540
$3,845$5,35134
$5,351$7,4469
$7,446$10,36118
$10,361$14,41926
$14,419$20,06561

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$13,117
Median cash price$3,103
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.24×

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 $3,103.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $4,809 across 10 hospitalsID$4,809Montana: 2 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 $5,273 across 14 hospitalsMN$5,273Illinois: median $1,654 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,654Wisconsin: median $4,303 across 11 hospitalsWI$4,303Michigan: median $3,103 across 24 hospitalsMI$3,103New York: median $15,226 across 26 hospitalsNY$15,226Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,914 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,914Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $2,146 across 20 hospitalsIA$2,146Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,216 across 14 hospitalsOH$3,216Pennsylvania: median $593 across 14 hospitalsPA$593New Jersey: median $14,062 across 30 hospitalsNJ$14,062Connecticut: 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 $17,209 across 27 hospitalsCA$17,209Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 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: median $958 across 13 hospitalsWV$958Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,434 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,434Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,885 across 22 hospitalsTX$8,885Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,103. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$17,209+455%$2,574 – $17,209
New York NY26$15,226+391%$1,747 – $15,226
New Jersey NJ30$14,062+353%$4,881 – $16,611
Texas TX22$8,885+186%$3,341 – $10,629
Minnesota MN14$5,273+70%$2,981 – $5,273
Idaho ID10$4,809+55%$2,775 – $19,343
Wisconsin WI11$4,303+39%$4,303 – $5,844
Ohio OH14$3,216+4%$2,137 – $27,967
Michigan MI24$3,1030%$1,281 – $3,103
Iowa IA20$2,146−31%$2,146 – $2,286
Oregon OR14$1,914−38%$1,620 – $2,886
Illinois IL14$1,654−47%$1,248 – $3,312
Oklahoma OK13$1,434−54%$1,434 – $11,972
West Virginia WV13$958−69%$916 – $8,084
Pennsylvania PA14$593−81%$543 – $15,086
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,103.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care276$3,986$1,434 – $15,226
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access83$2,358$1,248 – $5,273
Ownership
For-profit41$4,809$1,281 – $19,343
Government60$2,248$1,281 – $12,915
Non-profit265$3,149$1,361 – $15,086
System affiliation
Part of a system286$3,786$1,361 – $15,226
Independent82$2,286$1,375 – $9,088

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,567
Median cash price$3,103
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

177 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,146 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,376; most fall between $1,248 and $11,614.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 177 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
$1,072$1,405$2,146$9,176$17,209

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,072 vs $17,209).

Of the 202 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 177 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 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

368 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 415 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted368
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here32
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code415

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Arthroplasty knee family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthroplasty Fem Condyles/Tibial Plateau Knee.

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, “Knee resurfacing of thighbone or shinbone surfaces (CPT 27442) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27442-knee-resurfacing-of-thighbone-or-shinbone-surfaces