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Procedure price report · Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage

Open release of the back of the ankle joint

CPT 27612the billing code this page is about

Open surgery that releases the tight capsule at the back of the ankle joint, sometimes with lengthening of the Achilles tendon, to improve motion.

Hospitals typically charge $2,840 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 401 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,786. Most fall between $995 and $5,814 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
401
States
46
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 401 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
$763$1,123$2,840$4,792$6,839

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($763 vs $6,839).

How the prices are spread

$580 – $810: 32 hospitals$580$810 – $1,132: 50 hospitals$1,132 – $1,581: 46 hospitals$1,132$1,581 – $2,210: 34 hospitals$2,210 – $3,088: 41 hospitals$2,210$3,088 – $4,315: 66 hospitals$4,315 – $6,030: 34 hospitals$4,315$6,030 – $8,426: 46 hospitals$8,426 – $11,774: 4 hospitals$8,426$11,774 – $16,453: 11 hospitals$11,774median $2,840price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (364 of 401 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$580$81032
$810$1,13250
$1,132$1,58146
$1,581$2,21034
$2,210$3,08841
$3,088$4,31566
$4,315$6,03034
$6,030$8,42646
$8,426$11,7744
$11,774$16,45311

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,840
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.85×

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 $2,840.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,790 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,790Idaho: median $3,910 across 10 hospitalsID$3,910Montana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,080 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,080Wisconsin: median $2,840 across 21 hospitalsWI$2,840Michigan: median $1,787 across 17 hospitalsMI$1,787New York: median $3,840 across 26 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $1,390 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,390Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,819 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,819Pennsylvania: median $3,139 across 21 hospitalsPA$3,139New Jersey: median $3,821 across 31 hospitalsNJ$3,821Connecticut: 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 $6,317 across 33 hospitalsCA$6,317Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 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 $948 across 13 hospitalsOK$948Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,931 across 25 hospitalsTX$3,931Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,840. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA33$6,317+122%$1,668 – $6,317
Texas TX25$3,931+38%$2,653 – $4,178
Idaho ID10$3,910+38%$1,398 – $8,372
New York NY26$3,840+35%$1,786 – $4,084
New Jersey NJ31$3,821+35%$3,546 – $5,339
Pennsylvania PA21$3,139+11%$375 – $5,486
Wisconsin WI21$2,8400%$2,840 – $2,841
Ohio OH14$1,819−36%$898 – $2,609
Washington WA14$1,790−37%$1,166 – $5,546
Michigan MI17$1,787−37%$993 – $4,499
Iowa IA20$1,390−51%$1,174 – $1,390
Illinois IL16$1,080−62%$763 – $2,563
Oklahoma OK13$948−67%$948 – $6,615
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not 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

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 $2,840.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care311$2,841$993 – $6,307
Children’s23$3,413$1,427 – $13,538
Critical access66$1,963$991 – $3,058
Ownership
For-profit52$3,089$948 – $6,361
Government66$1,618$1,032 – $3,840
Non-profit282$2,840$993 – $5,855
System affiliation
Part of a system309$2,841$1,070 – $6,311
Independent92$1,444$938 – $4,015

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,341
Median cash price$2,840
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

208 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,618 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,184; most fall between $912 and $5,317.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 208 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
$728$948$1,618$4,178$6,317

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($728 vs $6,317).

Of the 233 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 208 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

401 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 450 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted401
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code450

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 Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrt Pst Capsul Rls Ankle W/WO Achll Tdn Lngth.

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 release of the back of the ankle joint (CPT 27612) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27612-open-release-of-the-back-of-the-ankle-joint