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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Fusion of the joint below the ankle

CPT 28725the billing code this page is about

Surgery that permanently fuses the subtalar joint, located between the heel bone and the ankle bone, using bone grafting or hardware.

Hospitals typically charge $4,627 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 722 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,461. Most fall between $1,442 and $17,417 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
722
States
50
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 722 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
$1,107$1,723$4,627$15,055$30,320

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,107 vs $30,320).

How the prices are spread

$773 – $1,157: 50 hospitals$773$1,157 – $1,730: 96 hospitals$1,730 – $2,588: 102 hospitals$1,730$2,588 – $3,871: 53 hospitals$3,871 – $5,790: 70 hospitals$3,871$5,790 – $8,660: 40 hospitals$8,660 – $12,954: 47 hospitals$8,660$12,954 – $19,376: 103 hospitals$19,376 – $28,983: 51 hospitals$19,376$28,983 – $43,352: 38 hospitals$28,983median $4,627price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (650 of 722 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$773$1,15750
$1,157$1,73096
$1,730$2,588102
$2,588$3,87153
$3,871$5,79070
$5,790$8,66040
$8,660$12,95447
$12,954$19,376103
$19,376$28,98351
$28,983$43,35238

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$13,117
Median cash price$4,627
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.35×

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 $4,627.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,929 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,929Idaho: median $15,889 across 13 hospitalsID$15,889Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,215 across 30 hospitalsMN$4,215Illinois: median $1,470 across 22 hospitalsIL$1,470Wisconsin: median $5,036 across 37 hospitalsWI$5,036Michigan: median $2,509 across 38 hospitalsMI$2,509New York: median $6,167 across 40 hospitalsNY$6,167Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,422 across 19 hospitalsOR$2,422Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,932 across 36 hospitalsIA$1,932Indiana: median $11,733 across 25 hospitalsIN$11,733Ohio: median $15,473 across 30 hospitalsOH$15,473Pennsylvania: median $13,668 across 31 hospitalsPA$13,668New Jersey: median $14,062 across 34 hospitalsNJ$14,062Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $13,057 across 50 hospitalsCA$13,057Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,147 across 14 hospitalsNE$2,147Missouri: median $12,796 across 15 hospitalsMO$12,796Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,920 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,920Virginia: median $12,195 across 10 hospitalsVA$12,195Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,067 across 12 hospitalsKS$2,067Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $4,958 across 12 hospitalsTN$4,958North Carolina: median $2,515 across 10 hospitalsNC$2,515South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,286 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,286Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $4,671 across 10 hospitalsAL$4,671Georgia: median $9,791 across 11 hospitalsGA$9,791Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,260 across 35 hospitalsTX$8,260Florida: median $23,251 across 12 hospitalsFL$23,251
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,627. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$23,251+403%$12,915 – $49,805
Idaho ID13$15,889+243%$3,507 – $19,343
Ohio OH30$15,473+234%$1,750 – $48,189
New Jersey NJ34$14,062+204%$4,627 – $16,611
Pennsylvania PA31$13,668+195%$528 – $27,708
California CA50$13,057+182%$2,492 – $20,177
Missouri MO15$12,796+177%$1,232 – $29,205
Virginia VA10$12,195+164%$522 – $57,513
Indiana IN25$11,733+154%$1,122 – $31,607
Georgia GA11$9,791+112%$9,791 – $16,440
Texas TX35$8,260+79%$3,511 – $12,833
New York NY40$6,167+33%$1,327 – $15,226
Wisconsin WI37$5,036+9%$3,746 – $8,268
Tennessee TN12$4,958+7%$756 – $16,700
Alabama AL10$4,671+1%$1,367 – $14,872
Minnesota MN30$4,215−9%$1,624 – $5,845
North Carolina NC10$2,515−46%$1,601 – $6,978
Michigan MI38$2,509−46%$1,509 – $17,654
Oregon OR19$2,422−48%$1,442 – $3,038
Nebraska NE14$2,147−54%$1,652 – $4,501
Kansas KS12$2,067−55%$525 – $17,692
Iowa IA36$1,932−58%$1,477 – $2,378
Washington WA16$1,929−58%$1,411 – $7,640
West Virginia WV17$1,920−59%$821 – $5,776
Illinois IL22$1,470−68%$1,122 – $3,137
Oklahoma OK15$1,286−72%$1,286 – $11,972
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $4,627.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care529$7,640$1,676 – $20,177
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access180$2,203$1,178 – $5,196
Ownership
For-profit96$13,035$2,699 – $27,490
Government118$2,218$1,331 – $14,634
Non-profit506$4,215$1,465 – $16,052
System affiliation
Part of a system557$5,196$1,556 – $18,482
Independent165$2,566$1,403 – $13,035

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,949
Median cash price$4,627
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

335 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,625 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,549; most fall between $1,258 and $13,057.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 335 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
$955$1,367$2,625$9,791$20,177

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($955 vs $20,177).

Of the 377 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 335 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 24 a list price only.

How complete is this

722 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 803 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted722
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code803

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 Arthrodesis Subtalar.

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, “Fusion of the joint below the ankle (CPT 28725) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28725-fusion-of-the-joint-below-the-ankle