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Procedure price report · Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage

Release of a tight toe joint capsule, one joint

CPT 28272the billing code this page is about

Surgical cutting of the capsule and surrounding tissue of a small toe joint to release stiffness or contracture; billed once for each joint treated.

Hospitals typically charge $1,423 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 483 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,649. Most fall between $580 and $3,388 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
483
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 483 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
$413$654$1,423$2,724$4,595

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($413 vs $4,595).

How the prices are spread

$285 – $385: 18 hospitals$285$385 – $520: 45 hospitals$520 – $703: 53 hospitals$520$703 – $950: 31 hospitals$950 – $1,283: 61 hospitals$950$1,283 – $1,734: 34 hospitals$1,734 – $2,342: 79 hospitals$1,734$2,342 – $3,164: 35 hospitals$3,164 – $4,275: 40 hospitals$3,164$4,275 – $5,776: 40 hospitals$4,275median $1,423price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (436 of 483 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$285$38518
$385$52045
$520$70353
$703$95031
$950$1,28361
$1,283$1,73434
$1,734$2,34279
$2,342$3,16435
$3,164$4,27540
$4,275$5,77640

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,423
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.87×

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 $1,423.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 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 $767 across 32 hospitalsMN$767Illinois: median $449 across 19 hospitalsIL$449Wisconsin: median $1,273 across 22 hospitalsWI$1,273Michigan: median $654 across 21 hospitalsMI$654New York: median $1,894 across 39 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $979 across 22 hospitalsIA$979Indiana: median $766 across 12 hospitalsIN$766Ohio: median $2,724 across 26 hospitalsOH$2,724Pennsylvania: median $1,662 across 23 hospitalsPA$1,662New Jersey: median $4,077 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,077Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,388 across 27 hospitalsCA$3,388Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,863 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,863Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,054 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,054Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,534 across 10 hospitalsVA$2,534Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $419 across 13 hospitalsOK$419Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $2,109 across 25 hospitalsTX$2,109Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,423. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ31$4,077+186%$1,773 – $5,419
California CA27$3,388+138%$2,058 – $3,388
Ohio OH26$2,724+91%$1,019 – $3,131
Virginia VA10$2,534+78%$170 – $2,534
Texas TX25$2,109+48%$920 – $2,332
New York NY39$1,894+33%$1,160 – $4,595
Colorado CO10$1,863+31%$705 – $2,174
Pennsylvania PA23$1,662+17%$115 – $2,485
Wisconsin WI22$1,273−11%$1,273 – $1,939
Missouri MO12$1,054−26%$603 – $3,491
Iowa IA22$979−31%$849 – $1,359
Minnesota MN32$767−46%$441 – $1,174
Indiana IN12$766−46%$414 – $2,212
Michigan MI21$654−54%$496 – $1,511
Illinois IL19$449−68%$398 – $1,179
Oklahoma OK13$419−71%$419 – $1,465
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,423.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care372$1,771$654 – $3,388
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access98$849$432 – $1,902
Ownership
For-profit45$2,109$476 – $5,171
Government70$1,161$495 – $2,244
Non-profit367$1,423$602 – $3,388
System affiliation
Part of a system392$1,662$633 – $3,388
Independent91$954$496 – $2,080

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,447
Median cash price$1,423
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

279 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,205 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,363; most fall between $419 and $3,039.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 279 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
$364$529$1,205$2,594$3,491

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($364 vs $3,491).

Of the 306 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 279 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

483 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 547 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted483
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code547

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 Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Capsulotomy Iphal Joint Each Joint Spx.

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, “Release of a tight toe joint capsule, one joint (CPT 28272) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28272-release-of-a-tight-toe-joint-capsule-one-joint