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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Opening a small toe joint to drain or remove a fragment

CPT 28024the billing code this page is about

Surgical opening of a joint within a toe to explore it, drain it, or remove a loose fragment or foreign object.

Hospitals typically charge $1,337 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 533 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,458. Most fall between $592 and $2,917 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
533
States
46
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 533 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
$466$683$1,337$2,454$4,881

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($466 vs $4,881).

How the prices are spread

$335 – $459: 21 hospitals$335$459 – $627: 73 hospitals$627 – $858: 65 hospitals$627$858 – $1,175: 52 hospitals$1,175 – $1,607: 69 hospitals$1,175$1,607 – $2,199: 72 hospitals$2,199 – $3,009: 51 hospitals$2,199$3,009 – $4,117: 37 hospitals$4,117 – $5,634: 18 hospitals$4,117$5,634 – $7,708: 23 hospitals$5,634median $1,337price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (481 of 533 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$335$45921
$459$62773
$627$85865
$858$1,17552
$1,175$1,60769
$1,607$2,19972
$2,199$3,00951
$3,009$4,11737
$4,117$5,63418
$5,634$7,70823

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,337
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.81×

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 $1,337.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $2,790 across 10 hospitalsID$2,790Montana: 2 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 $1,165 across 25 hospitalsMN$1,165Illinois: median $836 across 15 hospitalsIL$836Wisconsin: median $1,936 across 32 hospitalsWI$1,936Michigan: median $472 across 31 hospitalsMI$472New York: median $1,894 across 36 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $846 across 13 hospitalsOR$846Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,143 across 23 hospitalsIA$1,143Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,334 across 21 hospitalsOH$1,334Pennsylvania: median $658 across 19 hospitalsPA$658New Jersey: median $2,136 across 31 hospitalsNJ$2,136Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,454 across 45 hospitalsCA$2,454Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $1,144 across 12 hospitalsCO$1,144Nebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $334 across 14 hospitalsWV$334Virginia: median $1,196 across 15 hospitalsVA$1,196Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $512 across 13 hospitalsOK$512Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,182 across 22 hospitalsTX$3,182Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,337. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX22$3,182+138%$1,707 – $3,616
Idaho ID10$2,790+109%$937 – $4,436
California CA45$2,454+84%$937 – $8,742
New Jersey NJ31$2,136+60%$1,773 – $5,339
Wisconsin WI32$1,936+45%$1,547 – $2,032
New York NY36$1,894+42%$755 – $1,909
Ohio OH21$1,3340%$746 – $2,770
Virginia VA15$1,196−11%$206 – $1,508
Minnesota MN25$1,165−13%$699 – $1,366
Colorado CO12$1,144−14%$885 – $2,917
Iowa IA23$1,143−14%$879 – $1,143
Oregon OR13$846−37%$846 – $1,534
Illinois IL15$836−37%$466 – $1,143
Pennsylvania PA19$658−51%$194 – $2,706
Oklahoma OK13$512−62%$512 – $3,263
Michigan MI31$472−65%$472 – $2,032
West Virginia WV14$334−75%$323 – $4,467
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not 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 $1,337.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care387$1,551$598 – $3,220
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access137$1,033$588 – $2,032
Ownership
For-profit52$2,032$598 – $5,670
Government88$902$612 – $2,079
Non-profit393$1,366$569 – $2,917
System affiliation
Part of a system425$1,534$598 – $3,220
Independent108$922$590 – $2,097

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,552
Median cash price$1,337
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. 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

292 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,220 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,553; most fall between $562 and $3,182.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 292 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
$466$638$1,220$2,633$4,467

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($466 vs $4,467).

Of the 311 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 292 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

533 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 579 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted533
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here33
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 — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code579

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 Arthrt W/Expl Drg/Rmvl Loose/FB Iphal Jt.

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, “Opening a small toe joint to drain or remove a fragment (CPT 28024) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28024-opening-a-small-toe-joint-to-drain-or-remove-a-fragment