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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Removal of a growth from a tendon or joint lining in a toe

CPT 28092the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out a lump or abnormal tissue from a tendon, tendon sheath, or joint capsule of a toe; billed for each toe treated.

Hospitals typically charge $1,402 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 768 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,594. Most fall between $636 and $3,315 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
768
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 768 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
$437$683$1,402$2,790$4,739

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($437 vs $4,739).

How the prices are spread

$306 – $418: 28 hospitals$306$418 – $571: 65 hospitals$571 – $781: 120 hospitals$571$781 – $1,066: 84 hospitals$1,066 – $1,457: 59 hospitals$1,066$1,457 – $1,990: 94 hospitals$1,990 – $2,718: 72 hospitals$1,990$2,718 – $3,713: 86 hospitals$3,713 – $5,072: 50 hospitals$3,713$5,072 – $6,929: 36 hospitals$5,072median $1,402price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (694 of 768 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$306$41828
$418$57165
$571$781120
$781$1,06684
$1,066$1,45759
$1,457$1,99094
$1,990$2,71872
$2,718$3,71386
$3,713$5,07250
$5,072$6,92936

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,402
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.85×

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 $1,402.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $713 across 11 hospitalsVT$713New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,473 across 29 hospitalsWA$1,473Idaho: median $2,266 across 14 hospitalsID$2,266Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,019 across 37 hospitalsMN$1,019Illinois: median $762 across 24 hospitalsIL$762Wisconsin: median $1,814 across 40 hospitalsWI$1,814Michigan: median $683 across 39 hospitalsMI$683New York: median $1,643 across 36 hospitalsNY$1,643Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $884 across 17 hospitalsOR$884Nevada: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,057 across 32 hospitalsIA$1,057Indiana: median $719 across 13 hospitalsIN$719Ohio: median $983 across 21 hospitalsOH$983Pennsylvania: median $1,848 across 40 hospitalsPA$1,848New Jersey: median $4,200 across 34 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: 3 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 $3,012 across 52 hospitalsCA$3,012Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,229 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,229Missouri: median $1,775 across 15 hospitalsMO$1,775Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,392 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,392Virginia: median $2,790 across 19 hospitalsVA$2,790Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $891 across 24 hospitalsKS$891Arkansas: median $1,570 across 10 hospitalsAR$1,570Tennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $792 across 12 hospitalsNC$792South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $452 across 13 hospitalsOK$452Louisiana: median $2,285 across 13 hospitalsLA$2,285Mississippi: median $690 across 11 hospitalsMS$690Alabama: median $1,700 across 14 hospitalsAL$1,700Georgia: median $6,653 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,902 across 32 hospitalsTX$2,902Florida: median $5,258 across 11 hospitalsFL$5,258
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,402. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$6,653+375%$1,604 – $6,653
Florida FL11$5,258+275%$983 – $6,929
New Jersey NJ34$4,200+200%$1,773 – $5,419
California CA52$3,012+115%$728 – $3,315
Texas TX32$2,902+107%$2,121 – $4,261
Virginia VA19$2,790+99%$983 – $2,790
Louisiana LA13$2,285+63%$697 – $3,621
Idaho ID14$2,266+62%$720 – $3,839
Pennsylvania PA40$1,848+32%$186 – $2,896
Wisconsin WI40$1,814+29%$1,114 – $2,257
Missouri MO15$1,775+27%$491 – $2,720
Alabama AL14$1,700+21%$760 – $5,143
New York NY36$1,643+17%$535 – $1,909
Arkansas AR10$1,570+12%$665 – $2,156
Washington WA29$1,473+5%$676 – $3,780
West Virginia WV23$1,392−1%$287 – $1,964
Nebraska NE15$1,229−12%$708 – $2,189
Iowa IA32$1,057−25%$670 – $1,238
Minnesota MN37$1,019−27%$651 – $1,572
Ohio OH21$983−30%$593 – $4,621
Kansas KS24$891−36%$485 – $2,579
Oregon OR17$884−37%$767 – $1,409
North Carolina NC12$792−44%$687 – $1,856
Illinois IL24$762−46%$437 – $1,089
Indiana IN13$719−49%$437 – $1,402
Vermont VT11$713−49%$626 – $1,402
Mississippi MS11$690−51%$610 – $2,346
Michigan MI39$683−51%$594 – $2,211
Oklahoma OK13$452−68%$452 – $3,263
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $1,402.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care526$1,771$683 – $3,694
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access229$934$570 – $2,213
Ownership
For-profit76$2,633$708 – $6,319
Government148$1,179$653 – $2,491
Non-profit543$1,373$623 – $3,290
System affiliation
Part of a system589$1,519$644 – $3,315
Independent179$1,086$563 – $2,790

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,681
Median cash price$1,402
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

423 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,078 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,460; most fall between $536 and $3,012.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 423 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
$437$667$1,078$2,790$3,509

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($437 vs $3,509).

Of the 468 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 423 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 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

768 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 848 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted768
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code848

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 therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Lesion Tendon Sheath/Capsule W/Synvct Toe Ea.

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, “Removal of a growth from a tendon or joint lining in a toe (CPT 28092) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28092-removal-of-a-growth-from-a-tendon-or-joint-lining-in-a-toe