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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Cutting the Achilles tendon through the skin, local numbing

CPT 27605the billing code this page is about

Release of the Achilles tendon through a small puncture in the skin, done with local anesthesia only.

Hospitals typically charge $1,939 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 830 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,079. Most fall between $710 and $4,350 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
830
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 830 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
$504$927$1,939$3,666$5,613

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($504 vs $5,613).

How the prices are spread

$309 – $419: 23 hospitals$309$419 – $567: 38 hospitals$567 – $768: 76 hospitals$567$768 – $1,040: 68 hospitals$1,040 – $1,409: 68 hospitals$1,040$1,409 – $1,909: 100 hospitals$1,909 – $2,586: 100 hospitals$1,909$2,586 – $3,502: 96 hospitals$3,502 – $4,744: 81 hospitals$3,502$4,744 – $6,426: 99 hospitals$4,744median $1,939price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (749 of 830 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$309$41923
$419$56738
$567$76876
$768$1,04068
$1,040$1,40968
$1,409$1,909100
$1,909$2,586100
$2,586$3,50296
$3,502$4,74481
$4,744$6,42699

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,939
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.18×

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 $1,939.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,204 across 29 hospitalsWA$3,204Idaho: median $3,644 across 11 hospitalsID$3,644Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,791 across 34 hospitalsMN$1,791Illinois: median $1,709 across 34 hospitalsIL$1,709Wisconsin: median $1,214 across 68 hospitalsWI$1,214Michigan: median $1,763 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,763New York: median $1,894 across 39 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: median $4,801 across 17 hospitalsMA$4,801Oregon: median $1,108 across 17 hospitalsOR$1,108Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,043 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,043Indiana: median $585 across 26 hospitalsIN$585Ohio: median $2,636 across 54 hospitalsOH$2,636Pennsylvania: median $2,129 across 50 hospitalsPA$2,129New Jersey: median $2,136 across 37 hospitalsNJ$2,136Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,138 across 42 hospitalsCA$6,138Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,131 across 16 hospitalsCO$2,131Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,036 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,036Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $992 across 10 hospitalsWV$992Virginia: median $678 across 10 hospitalsVA$678Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $8,322 across 13 hospitalsAZ$8,322New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $691 across 17 hospitalsTN$691North Carolina: median $2,854 across 29 hospitalsNC$2,854South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,183 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,183Louisiana: median $2,506 across 11 hospitalsLA$2,506Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,197 across 25 hospitalsGA$1,197Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,768 across 42 hospitalsTX$2,768Florida: median $2,282 across 17 hospitalsFL$2,282
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,939. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ13$8,322+329%$1,593 – $8,322
California CA42$6,138+217%$1,190 – $6,138
Massachusetts MA17$4,801+148%$2,005 – $4,976
Idaho ID11$3,644+88%$2,485 – $4,436
Washington WA29$3,204+65%$978 – $5,578
North Carolina NC29$2,854+47%$786 – $3,120
Texas TX42$2,768+43%$1,037 – $5,020
Ohio OH54$2,636+36%$1,377 – $4,785
Louisiana LA11$2,506+29%$1,813 – $2,888
Florida FL17$2,282+18%$1,683 – $2,672
New Jersey NJ37$2,136+10%$1,771 – $5,419
Colorado CO16$2,131+10%$2,131 – $5,916
Pennsylvania PA50$2,129+10%$327 – $4,285
New York NY39$1,894−2%$734 – $3,273
Minnesota MN34$1,791−8%$1,064 – $2,084
Michigan MI28$1,763−9%$655 – $2,360
Illinois IL34$1,709−12%$618 – $4,900
Wisconsin WI68$1,214−37%$937 – $2,954
Georgia GA25$1,197−38%$1,140 – $4,862
Oklahoma OK16$1,183−39%$304 – $2,116
Oregon OR17$1,108−43%$595 – $1,684
Iowa IA20$1,043−46%$712 – $3,888
Missouri MO12$1,036−47%$562 – $4,588
West Virginia WV10$992−49%$191 – $1,883
Tennessee TN17$691−64%$678 – $691
Virginia VA10$678−65%$643 – $691
Indiana IN26$585−70%$444 – $922
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $1,939.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care654$2,088$786 – $4,601
Children’s34$3,494$774 – $7,307
Critical access137$1,108$600 – $2,954
Ownership
For-profit79$2,298$656 – $5,631
Government106$1,454$658 – $2,854
Non-profit640$2,074$734 – $4,588
System affiliation
Part of a system699$2,084$788 – $4,601
Independent131$1,606$472 – $3,150

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,697
Median cash price$1,939
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

584 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,131 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,292; most fall between $769 and $4,687.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 584 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
$472$937$2,131$4,000$5,916

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($472 vs $5,916).

Of the 619 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 584 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

830 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 888 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted830
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 — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code888

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 Tenotomy Prq Achilles Tendon Spx Local Anes.

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, “Cutting the Achilles tendon through the skin, local numbing (CPT 27605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27605-cutting-the-achilles-tendon-through-the-skin-local-numbing