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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Removal of part of the heel bone

CPT 28118the billing code this page is about

Surgery that cuts away a portion of the heel bone, typically for a painful prominence or chronic pressure area.

Hospitals typically charge $2,228 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 820 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,744. Most fall between $974 and $6,885 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
820
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 820 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
$655$1,097$2,228$5,100$14,008

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($655 vs $14,008).

How the prices are spread

$496 – $729: 55 hospitals$496$729 – $1,073: 106 hospitals$1,073 – $1,578: 123 hospitals$1,073$1,578 – $2,321: 92 hospitals$2,321 – $3,414: 74 hospitals$2,321$3,414 – $5,021: 122 hospitals$5,021 – $7,386: 50 hospitals$5,021$7,386 – $10,865: 59 hospitals$10,865 – $15,981: 32 hospitals$10,865$15,981 – $23,507: 26 hospitals$15,981median $2,228price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (739 of 820 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$496$72955
$729$1,073106
$1,073$1,578123
$1,578$2,32192
$2,321$3,41474
$3,414$5,021122
$5,021$7,38650
$7,386$10,86559
$10,865$15,98132
$15,981$23,50726

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,228
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.67×

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 $2,228.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,240 across 20 hospitalsWA$1,240Idaho: median $2,790 across 17 hospitalsID$2,790Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,637 across 41 hospitalsMN$1,637Illinois: median $1,104 across 24 hospitalsIL$1,104Wisconsin: median $2,623 across 38 hospitalsWI$2,623Michigan: median $1,194 across 41 hospitalsMI$1,194New York: median $3,840 across 44 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: median $4,721 across 11 hospitalsMA$4,721Oregon: median $1,610 across 21 hospitalsOR$1,610Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,494 across 37 hospitalsIA$1,494Indiana: median $1,347 across 24 hospitalsIN$1,347Ohio: median $6,299 across 38 hospitalsOH$6,299Pennsylvania: median $3,218 across 29 hospitalsPA$3,218New Jersey: median $4,330 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 5 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 $5,005 across 54 hospitalsCA$5,005Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,202 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,202Nebraska: median $1,526 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,526Missouri: median $1,042 across 16 hospitalsMO$1,042Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,119 across 20 hospitalsWV$1,119Virginia: median $8,263 across 10 hospitalsVA$8,263Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,015 across 12 hospitalsAZ$4,015New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $985 across 17 hospitalsKS$985Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $4,044 across 13 hospitalsTN$4,044North Carolina: median $1,738 across 11 hospitalsNC$1,738South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $980 across 16 hospitalsOK$980Louisiana: median $8,514 across 10 hospitalsLA$8,514Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,170 across 15 hospitalsAL$3,170Georgia: median $8,241 across 11 hospitalsGA$8,241Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,070 across 41 hospitalsTX$4,070Florida: median $8,871 across 12 hospitalsFL$8,871
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,228. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$8,871+298%$1,594 – $16,285
Louisiana LA10$8,514+282%$2,485 – $11,580
Virginia VA10$8,263+271%$1,857 – $33,775
Georgia GA11$8,241+270%$4,169 – $8,241
Ohio OH38$6,299+183%$1,594 – $28,089
California CA54$5,005+125%$1,472 – $9,565
Massachusetts MA11$4,721+112%$2,101 – $13,276
New Jersey NJ35$4,330+94%$3,591 – $5,339
Texas TX41$4,070+83%$2,841 – $9,656
Tennessee TN13$4,044+81%$545 – $9,044
Arizona AZ12$4,015+80%$1,915 – $19,031
New York NY44$3,840+72%$868 – $4,103
Pennsylvania PA29$3,218+44%$277 – $6,987
Alabama AL15$3,170+42%$1,704 – $14,571
Idaho ID17$2,790+25%$1,223 – $8,372
Wisconsin WI38$2,623+18%$1,718 – $4,023
North Carolina NC11$1,738−22%$1,048 – $3,037
Minnesota MN41$1,637−27%$959 – $2,670
Oregon OR21$1,610−28%$1,108 – $2,009
Nebraska NE18$1,526−32%$1,310 – $6,885
Iowa IA37$1,494−33%$1,135 – $1,711
Indiana IN24$1,347−40%$568 – $23,507
Washington WA20$1,240−44%$820 – $3,705
Colorado CO10$1,202−46%$876 – $2,038
Michigan MI41$1,194−46%$848 – $4,499
West Virginia WV20$1,119−50%$452 – $3,591
Illinois IL24$1,104−50%$568 – $3,636
Missouri MO16$1,042−53%$923 – $4,705
Kansas KS17$985−56%$651 – $4,462
Oklahoma OK16$980−56%$980 – $6,615
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $2,228.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care586$3,270$1,108 – $9,565
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access223$1,418$792 – $3,042
Ownership
For-profit111$4,601$1,662 – $14,468
Government142$1,500$852 – $4,015
Non-profit566$2,111$973 – $6,299
System affiliation
Part of a system615$2,662$1,008 – $8,241
Independent205$1,610$851 – $4,542

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,830
Median cash price$2,228
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

398 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,494 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,925; most fall between $792 and $4,721.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 398 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
$568$915$1,494$4,038$8,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($568 vs $8,372).

Of the 447 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 398 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

820 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 906 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted820
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code906

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 Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ostectomy Calcaneus.

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 part of the heel bone (CPT 28118) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28118-removal-of-part-of-the-heel-bone