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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Repair of torn ankle ligaments on both sides, fresh injury

CPT 27696the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to sew back together the torn side ligaments on both the inner and outer aspects of the ankle in the same operation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,847 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 540 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,675. Most fall between $1,017 and $9,428 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
540
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 540 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
$750$1,152$2,847$8,290$13,699

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($750 vs $13,699).

How the prices are spread

$574 – $822: 33 hospitals$574$822 – $1,178: 80 hospitals$1,178 – $1,689: 57 hospitals$1,178$1,689 – $2,419: 56 hospitals$2,419 – $3,467: 44 hospitals$2,419$3,467 – $4,967: 53 hospitals$4,967 – $7,117: 42 hospitals$4,967$7,117 – $10,198: 53 hospitals$10,198 – $14,612: 45 hospitals$10,198$14,612 – $20,936: 25 hospitals$14,612median $2,847price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (488 of 540 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$574$82233
$822$1,17880
$1,178$1,68957
$1,689$2,41956
$2,419$3,46744
$3,467$4,96753
$4,967$7,11742
$7,117$10,19853
$10,198$14,61245
$14,612$20,93625

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,847
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.38×

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 $2,847.

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: 7 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 $1,429 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,429Idaho: median $12,073 across 13 hospitalsID$12,073Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,857 across 18 hospitalsMN$3,857Illinois: median $1,422 across 21 hospitalsIL$1,422Wisconsin: median $4,744 across 24 hospitalsWI$4,744Michigan: median $2,902 across 35 hospitalsMI$2,902New York: median $8,454 across 30 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,216 across 16 hospitalsOR$1,216Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,396 across 32 hospitalsIA$1,396Indiana: median $921 across 11 hospitalsIN$921Ohio: median $2,231 across 15 hospitalsOH$2,231Pennsylvania: median $3,804 across 22 hospitalsPA$3,804New Jersey: median $7,907 across 33 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $12,046 across 35 hospitalsCA$12,046Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $6,084 across 13 hospitalsCO$6,084Nebraska: median $1,749 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,749Missouri: median $3,808 across 10 hospitalsMO$3,808Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $579 across 14 hospitalsWV$579Virginia: 8 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $912 across 15 hospitalsOK$912Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 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 29 hospitalsTX$5,887Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,847. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID13$12,073+324%$1,383 – $14,738
California CA35$12,046+323%$1,771 – $12,046
New York NY30$8,454+197%$1,264 – $8,454
New Jersey NJ33$7,907+178%$4,881 – $9,533
Colorado CO13$6,084+114%$1,142 – $19,279
Texas TX29$5,887+107%$2,653 – $10,650
Wisconsin WI24$4,744+67%$2,760 – $4,744
Minnesota MN18$3,857+35%$1,152 – $4,526
Missouri MO10$3,808+34%$878 – $9,735
Pennsylvania PA22$3,804+34%$358 – $12,077
Michigan MI35$2,902+2%$1,093 – $7,194
Ohio OH15$2,231−22%$1,132 – $2,491
Nebraska NE10$1,749−39%$1,122 – $2,186
Washington WA15$1,429−50%$692 – $3,348
Illinois IL21$1,422−50%$984 – $3,305
Iowa IA32$1,396−51%$1,107 – $2,286
Oregon OR16$1,216−57%$1,017 – $1,835
Indiana IN11$921−68%$921 – $2,588
Oklahoma OK15$912−68%$912 – $6,612
West Virginia WV14$579−80%$575 – $1,534
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not 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

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 $2,847.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care382$4,526$1,042 – $10,749
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access149$1,685$951 – $4,744
Ownership
For-profit62$4,957$1,534 – $16,769
Government100$1,759$916 – $8,454
Non-profit378$2,902$1,017 – $9,072
System affiliation
Part of a system416$3,495$1,017 – $9,978
Independent124$1,771$984 – $6,638

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,026
Median cash price$2,847
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

258 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,932 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,749; most fall between $921 and $7,861.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 258 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
$710$989$1,932$5,887$12,046

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($710 vs $12,046).

Of the 291 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 258 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

540 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 611 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted540
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded28
Hospitals that filed this code611

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 Rpr Prim Disrupted Ligm Ankle Bth Coltrl Ligms.

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, “Repair of torn ankle ligaments on both sides, fresh injury (CPT 27696) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27696-repair-of-torn-ankle-ligaments-on-both-sides-fresh-injury