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Procedure price report · Amputation of lower extremity

Amputation at the ankle joint

CPT 27889the billing code this page is about

Removal of the foot through the ankle joint itself, with shaping of the stump and trimming of nerves.

Hospitals typically charge $2,554 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 301 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,936. Most fall between $1,072 and $8,454 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
301
States
40
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 301 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
$818$1,180$2,554$7,807$10,035

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($818 vs $10,035).

How the prices are spread

$684 – $914: 29 hospitals$684$914 – $1,220: 33 hospitals$1,220 – $1,629: 33 hospitals$1,220$1,629 – $2,175: 22 hospitals$2,175 – $2,903: 22 hospitals$2,175$2,903 – $3,877: 13 hospitals$3,877 – $5,176: 14 hospitals$3,877$5,176 – $6,911: 39 hospitals$6,911 – $9,227: 34 hospitals$6,911$9,227 – $12,319: 32 hospitals$9,227median $2,554price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (271 of 301 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$684$91429
$914$1,22033
$1,220$1,62933
$1,629$2,17522
$2,175$2,90322
$2,903$3,87713
$3,877$5,17614
$5,176$6,91139
$6,911$9,22734
$9,227$12,31932

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,554
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.34×

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 $2,554.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,226 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,226Wisconsin: median $6,513 across 26 hospitalsWI$6,513Michigan: median $2,546 across 26 hospitalsMI$2,546New York: median $8,454 across 22 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,069 across 12 hospitalsOR$2,069Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,572 across 13 hospitalsIA$1,572Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,637 across 10 hospitalsOH$1,637Pennsylvania: median $485 across 18 hospitalsPA$485New Jersey: median $6,311 across 24 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $10,035 across 27 hospitalsCA$10,035Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,054 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,054Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,294 across 19 hospitalsTX$4,294Florida: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,554. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$10,035+293%$1,638 – $10,035
New York NY22$8,454+231%$1,885 – $8,454
Wisconsin WI26$6,513+155%$3,068 – $6,605
New Jersey NJ24$6,311+147%$4,627 – $7,914
Texas TX19$4,294+68%$2,330 – $5,887
Michigan MI26$2,5460%$1,101 – $6,605
Oregon OR12$2,069−19%$1,171 – $2,069
Ohio OH10$1,637−36%$1,315 – $2,824
Iowa IA13$1,572−38%$1,572 – $1,572
Illinois IL11$1,226−52%$838 – $1,621
Oklahoma OK13$1,054−59%$1,054 – $7,332
Pennsylvania PA18$485−81%$395 – $12,077
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $2,554.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care242$2,554$1,054 – $8,454
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access50$3,068$1,090 – $6,605
Ownership
For-profit28$2,234$838 – $11,620
Government38$1,715$1,072 – $8,454
Non-profit234$3,068$1,090 – $8,429
System affiliation
Part of a system243$3,750$1,072 – $8,454
Independent58$1,607$1,041 – $5,365

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,394
Median cash price$2,554
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

183 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,926 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,140; most fall between $1,054 and $10,035.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 183 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
$787$1,101$1,926$7,110$11,620

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($787 vs $11,620).

Of the 205 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 183 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

301 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 338 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted301
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
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 — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code338

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Amputation of lower extremity family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Micronized Allograft Repair of Ocd Lesion of Talus C/T 28446.

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, “Amputation at the ankle joint (CPT 27889) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27889-amputation-at-the-ankle-joint