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

Setting a lower shinbone joint fracture with traction

CPT 27825the billing code this page is about

Nonsurgical treatment of a break through the joint surface of the lower shinbone using skeletal traction and/or manual repositioning, without opening the skin.

Hospitals typically charge $1,749 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,806 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,862. Most fall between $891 and $3,359 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,806
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 1,806 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
$577$1,000$1,749$2,937$4,909

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($577 vs $4,909).

How the prices are spread

$354 – $474: 42 hospitals$354$474 – $634: 77 hospitals$634 – $848: 127 hospitals$634$848 – $1,135: 213 hospitals$1,135 – $1,518: 211 hospitals$1,135$1,518 – $2,032: 294 hospitals$2,032 – $2,719: 229 hospitals$2,032$2,719 – $3,638: 218 hospitals$3,638 – $4,867: 121 hospitals$3,638$4,867 – $6,513: 108 hospitals$4,867median $1,749price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,640 of 1,806 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$354$47442
$474$63477
$634$848127
$848$1,135213
$1,135$1,518211
$1,518$2,032294
$2,032$2,719229
$2,719$3,638218
$3,638$4,867121
$4,867$6,513108

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,749
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

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 $1,749.

Alaska: median $2,789 across 12 hospitalsAK$2,789Maine: median $1,057 across 16 hospitalsME$1,057Vermont: median $2,516 across 11 hospitalsVT$2,516New Hampshire: median $666 across 14 hospitalsNH$666Washington: median $2,564 across 52 hospitalsWA$2,564Idaho: median $1,236 across 18 hospitalsID$1,236Montana: median $751 across 16 hospitalsMT$751North Dakota: median $2,375 across 11 hospitalsND$2,375Minnesota: median $1,660 across 68 hospitalsMN$1,660Illinois: median $1,731 across 73 hospitalsIL$1,731Wisconsin: median $1,936 across 61 hospitalsWI$1,936Michigan: median $1,426 across 57 hospitalsMI$1,426New York: median $2,007 across 75 hospitalsNY$2,007Massachusetts: median $1,944 across 36 hospitalsMA$1,944Oregon: median $1,927 across 42 hospitalsOR$1,927Nevada: median $2,133 across 13 hospitalsNV$2,133Wyoming: median $1,294 across 11 hospitalsWY$1,294South Dakota: median $2,859 across 14 hospitalsSD$2,859Iowa: median $1,177 across 45 hospitalsIA$1,177Indiana: median $1,208 across 39 hospitalsIN$1,208Ohio: median $2,272 across 68 hospitalsOH$2,272Pennsylvania: median $2,186 across 81 hospitalsPA$2,186New Jersey: median $2,194 across 41 hospitalsNJ$2,194Connecticut: median $2,251 across 18 hospitalsCT$2,251Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,286 across 120 hospitalsCA$3,286Utah: median $905 across 29 hospitalsUT$905Colorado: median $1,312 across 40 hospitalsCO$1,312Nebraska: median $1,394 across 32 hospitalsNE$1,394Missouri: median $1,328 across 38 hospitalsMO$1,328Kentucky: median $1,091 across 30 hospitalsKY$1,091West Virginia: median $1,809 across 27 hospitalsWV$1,809Virginia: median $1,196 across 49 hospitalsVA$1,196Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $640 across 18 hospitalsAZ$640New Mexico: median $1,655 across 19 hospitalsNM$1,655Kansas: median $924 across 28 hospitalsKS$924Arkansas: median $942 across 16 hospitalsAR$942Tennessee: median $707 across 39 hospitalsTN$707North Carolina: median $934 across 35 hospitalsNC$934South Carolina: median $2,240 across 43 hospitalsSC$2,240Oklahoma: median $1,408 across 36 hospitalsOK$1,408Louisiana: median $911 across 26 hospitalsLA$911Mississippi: median $987 across 28 hospitalsMS$987Alabama: median $1,401 across 17 hospitalsAL$1,401Georgia: median $3,152 across 45 hospitalsGA$3,152Hawaii: median $3,821 across 15 hospitalsHI$3,821Texas: median $1,893 across 119 hospitalsTX$1,893Florida: median $3,036 across 51 hospitalsFL$3,036
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,749. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI15$3,821+118%$2,885 – $4,478
California CA120$3,286+88%$1,674 – $6,513
Georgia GA45$3,152+80%$833 – $5,510
Florida FL51$3,036+74%$773 – $5,571
South Dakota SD14$2,859+63%$1,441 – $3,543
Alaska AK12$2,789+59%$1,198 – $4,858
Washington WA52$2,564+47%$1,142 – $3,574
Vermont VT11$2,516+44%$281 – $3,104
North Dakota ND11$2,375+36%$1,833 – $2,414
Ohio OH68$2,272+30%$956 – $4,785
Connecticut CT18$2,251+29%$1,392 – $3,363
South Carolina SC43$2,240+28%$1,061 – $2,937
New Jersey NJ41$2,194+25%$1,773 – $5,855
Pennsylvania PA81$2,186+25%$1,173 – $3,098
Nevada NV13$2,133+22%$1,179 – $3,804
New York NY75$2,007+15%$919 – $4,683
Massachusetts MA36$1,944+11%$1,405 – $3,509
Wisconsin WI61$1,936+11%$1,316 – $3,150
Oregon OR42$1,927+10%$1,035 – $3,726
Texas TX119$1,893+8%$1,114 – $3,047
West Virginia WV27$1,809+3%$539 – $2,331
Illinois IL73$1,731−1%$780 – $3,235
Minnesota MN68$1,660−5%$1,088 – $2,478
New Mexico NM19$1,655−5%$876 – $3,505
Michigan MI57$1,426−18%$1,096 – $2,211
Oklahoma OK36$1,408−19%$808 – $2,040
Alabama AL17$1,401−20%$938 – $3,461
Nebraska NE32$1,394−20%$1,038 – $2,162
Missouri MO38$1,328−24%$895 – $1,848
Colorado CO40$1,312−25%$1,114 – $2,231
Wyoming WY11$1,294−26%$616 – $1,525
Idaho ID18$1,236−29%$861 – $4,436
Indiana IN39$1,208−31%$820 – $1,705
Virginia VA49$1,196−32%$676 – $2,864
Iowa IA45$1,177−33%$794 – $1,612
Kentucky KY30$1,091−38%$490 – $2,656
Maine ME16$1,057−40%$898 – $1,814
Mississippi MS28$987−44%$601 – $2,623
Arkansas AR16$942−46%$349 – $1,428
North Carolina NC35$934−47%$322 – $2,936
Kansas KS28$924−47%$390 – $1,783
Louisiana LA26$911−48%$438 – $1,853
Utah UT29$905−48%$864 – $1,689
Montana MT16$751−57%$577 – $1,706
Tennessee TN39$707−60%$284 – $1,967
New Hampshire NH14$666−62%$421 – $1,483
Arizona AZ18$640−63%$640 – $2,498
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $1,749.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,320$1,848$920 – $3,520
Children’s46$3,105$1,228 – $6,909
Critical access439$1,379$780 – $2,531
Ownership
For-profit169$2,016$888 – $4,436
Government320$1,408$819 – $2,713
Non-profit1,316$1,798$905 – $3,363
System affiliation
Part of a system1,459$1,816$905 – $3,513
Independent347$1,415$806 – $2,623

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,060
Median cash price$1,749
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,353 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,816 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,992; most fall between $905 and $3,505.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,353 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
$597$1,035$1,816$3,148$5,030

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($597 vs $5,030).

Of the 1,453 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,353 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 70 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,806 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,945 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,806
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded75
Hospitals that filed this code1,945

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 Cltx Fx W8 Brg Artclr Prtn Dstl Tib W/Skel Tracj.

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, “Setting a lower shinbone joint fracture with traction (CPT 27825) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27825-setting-a-lower-shinbone-joint-fracture-with-traction