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Procedure price report · Treatment, fracture or dislocation of lower extremity (other than hip or femur)

Surgery to repair outer ankle bone fracture

CPT 27792the billing code this page is about

Open operation on a break in the lower end of the smaller lower leg bone at the outer ankle, including screws, plates, or pins if used.

Hospitals typically charge $4,021 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,115 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,038. Most fall between $1,344 and $12,899 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,115
States
50
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 1,115 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
$962$1,527$4,021$9,978$19,858

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($962 vs $19,858).

How the prices are spread

$692 – $1,015: 68 hospitals$692$1,015 – $1,489: 149 hospitals$1,489 – $2,184: 127 hospitals$1,489$2,184 – $3,204: 75 hospitals$3,204 – $4,699: 109 hospitals$3,204$4,699 – $6,894: 106 hospitals$6,894 – $10,112: 150 hospitals$6,894$10,112 – $14,834: 86 hospitals$14,834 – $21,760: 91 hospitals$14,834$21,760 – $31,920: 44 hospitals$21,760median $4,021price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,005 of 1,115 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$692$1,01568
$1,015$1,489149
$1,489$2,184127
$2,184$3,20475
$3,204$4,699109
$4,699$6,894106
$6,894$10,112150
$10,112$14,83486
$14,834$21,76091
$21,760$31,92044

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,021
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.54×

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 $4,021.

Alaska: median $5,217 across 11 hospitalsAK$5,217Maine: median $1,089 across 12 hospitalsME$1,089Vermont: median $949 across 10 hospitalsVT$949New Hampshire: median $1,200 across 11 hospitalsNH$1,200Washington: median $5,244 across 39 hospitalsWA$5,244Idaho: median $7,803 across 19 hospitalsID$7,803Montana: median $1,434 across 13 hospitalsMT$1,434North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,521 across 46 hospitalsMN$2,521Illinois: median $1,958 across 35 hospitalsIL$1,958Wisconsin: median $3,409 across 41 hospitalsWI$3,409Michigan: median $1,392 across 46 hospitalsMI$1,392New York: median $8,454 across 62 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: median $9,479 across 13 hospitalsMA$9,479Oregon: median $1,767 across 39 hospitalsOR$1,767Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,595 across 51 hospitalsIA$1,595Indiana: median $1,923 across 31 hospitalsIN$1,923Ohio: median $13,799 across 45 hospitalsOH$13,799Pennsylvania: median $5,153 across 41 hospitalsPA$5,153New Jersey: median $7,807 across 36 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 7 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 $4,896 across 79 hospitalsCA$4,896Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $6,184 across 26 hospitalsCO$6,184Nebraska: median $2,074 across 24 hospitalsNE$2,074Missouri: median $3,774 across 26 hospitalsMO$3,774Kentucky: median $1,147 across 16 hospitalsKY$1,147West Virginia: median $2,639 across 22 hospitalsWV$2,639Virginia: median $9,236 across 19 hospitalsVA$9,236Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,369 across 12 hospitalsAZ$7,369New Mexico: median $8,538 across 11 hospitalsNM$8,538Kansas: median $1,873 across 25 hospitalsKS$1,873Arkansas: median $2,362 across 14 hospitalsAR$2,362Tennessee: median $6,060 across 19 hospitalsTN$6,060North Carolina: median $4,082 across 15 hospitalsNC$4,082South Carolina: median $9,124 across 10 hospitalsSC$9,124Oklahoma: median $1,356 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,356Louisiana: median $7,188 across 14 hospitalsLA$7,188Mississippi: median $3,688 across 14 hospitalsMS$3,688Alabama: median $6,476 across 15 hospitalsAL$6,476Georgia: median $6,653 across 16 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,142 across 51 hospitalsTX$7,142Florida: median $13,759 across 20 hospitalsFL$13,759
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,021. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH45$13,799+243%$1,229 – $32,077
Florida FL20$13,759+242%$2,275 – $25,358
Massachusetts MA13$9,479+136%$4,120 – $17,129
Virginia VA19$9,236+130%$3,374 – $35,391
South Carolina SC10$9,124+127%$6,971 – $24,170
New Mexico NM11$8,538+112%$1,166 – $19,074
New York NY62$8,454+110%$1,590 – $24,318
New Jersey NJ36$7,807+94%$4,641 – $9,371
Idaho ID19$7,803+94%$1,308 – $12,106
Arizona AZ12$7,369+83%$1,007 – $19,865
Louisiana LA14$7,188+79%$2,280 – $11,775
Texas TX51$7,142+78%$6,210 – $11,416
Georgia GA16$6,653+65%$6,653 – $21,846
Alabama AL15$6,476+61%$1,832 – $13,312
Colorado CO26$6,184+54%$1,619 – $15,808
Tennessee TN19$6,060+51%$755 – $10,502
Washington WA39$5,244+30%$1,365 – $12,648
Alaska AK11$5,217+30%$4,187 – $12,899
Pennsylvania PA41$5,153+28%$493 – $12,077
California CA79$4,896+22%$2,294 – $19,858
North Carolina NC15$4,082+2%$1,350 – $7,115
Missouri MO26$3,774−6%$1,048 – $17,424
Mississippi MS14$3,688−8%$1,365 – $14,319
Wisconsin WI41$3,409−15%$3,140 – $6,685
West Virginia WV22$2,639−34%$1,091 – $8,862
Minnesota MN46$2,521−37%$1,414 – $3,498
Arkansas AR14$2,362−41%$1,644 – $4,077
Nebraska NE24$2,074−48%$969 – $9,050
Illinois IL35$1,958−51%$977 – $4,324
Indiana IN31$1,923−52%$758 – $16,176
Kansas KS25$1,873−53%$1,056 – $7,848
Oregon OR39$1,767−56%$1,042 – $14,276
Iowa IA51$1,595−60%$1,167 – $2,638
Montana MT13$1,434−64%$954 – $4,005
Michigan MI46$1,392−65%$1,321 – $9,978
Oklahoma OK17$1,356−66%$1,356 – $14,565
New Hampshire NH11$1,200−70%$552 – $1,949
Kentucky KY16$1,147−71%$758 – $10,707
Maine ME12$1,089−73%$574 – $1,948
Vermont VT10$949−76%$332 – $1,928
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $4,021.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care765$6,647$1,595 – $16,411
Children’s20$2,921$1,672 – $9,587
Critical access327$1,861$1,101 – $5,950
Ownership
For-profit140$7,938$2,653 – $17,114
Government208$2,078$1,192 – $8,454
Non-profit764$4,005$1,321 – $13,689
System affiliation
Part of a system840$5,217$1,375 – $14,613
Independent275$2,233$1,178 – $8,374

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,244
Median cash price$4,021
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

537 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,170 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,649; most fall between $1,106 and $9,897.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 537 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
$755$1,239$3,170$7,907$15,554

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($755 vs $15,554).

Of the 594 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 537 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,115 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,229 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,115
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here63
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,229

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 Treatment, fracture or dislocation of lower extremity (other than hip or femur) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Open Tx Distal Fibular Fracture Lat Malleolus.

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 repair outer ankle bone fracture (CPT 27792) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27792-surgery-to-repair-outer-ankle-bone-fracture