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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Endoscopic release of the plantar fascia of the foot

CPT 29893the billing code this page is about

Cutting the band of tissue along the sole of the foot through a small incision using a camera-guided instrument to relieve heel tension.

Hospitals typically charge $2,790 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 565 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,900. Most fall between $1,030 and $6,520 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
565
States
48
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 565 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
$709$1,245$2,790$4,826$8,723

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($709 vs $8,723).

How the prices are spread

$516 – $721: 30 hospitals$516$721 – $1,008: 51 hospitals$1,008 – $1,409: 43 hospitals$1,008$1,409 – $1,969: 75 hospitals$1,969 – $2,752: 54 hospitals$1,969$2,752 – $3,847: 94 hospitals$3,847 – $5,377: 56 hospitals$3,847$5,377 – $7,515: 39 hospitals$7,515 – $10,504: 46 hospitals$7,515$10,504 – $14,682: 21 hospitals$10,504median $2,790price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (509 of 565 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$516$72130
$721$1,00851
$1,008$1,40943
$1,409$1,96975
$1,969$2,75254
$2,752$3,84794
$3,847$5,37756
$5,377$7,51539
$7,515$10,50446
$10,504$14,68221

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,790
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.83×

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 $2,790.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $6,877 across 11 hospitalsID$6,877Montana: 2 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 $1,937 across 19 hospitalsMN$1,937Illinois: median $1,554 across 24 hospitalsIL$1,554Wisconsin: median $2,709 across 31 hospitalsWI$2,709Michigan: median $4,499 across 25 hospitalsMI$4,499New York: median $3,840 across 37 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,211 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,211Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $1,593 across 33 hospitalsIA$1,593Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,080 across 23 hospitalsOH$3,080Pennsylvania: median $3,345 across 30 hospitalsPA$3,345New Jersey: median $4,077 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,077Connecticut: 4 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 $6,520 across 42 hospitalsCA$6,520Utah: 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 $1,580 across 11 hospitalsNE$1,580Missouri: median $5,103 across 11 hospitalsMO$5,103Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,606 across 13 hospitalsWV$1,606Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 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 $1,463 across 12 hospitalsKS$1,463Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,923 across 11 hospitalsTN$2,923North 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 $777 across 16 hospitalsOK$777Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,043 across 34 hospitalsTX$4,043Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,790. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$6,877+146%$2,790 – $8,372
California CA42$6,520+134%$1,472 – $8,014
Missouri MO11$5,103+83%$1,525 – $8,263
Michigan MI25$4,499+61%$858 – $14,071
New Jersey NJ33$4,077+46%$3,591 – $5,419
Texas TX34$4,043+45%$3,080 – $7,693
New York NY37$3,840+38%$953 – $3,976
Pennsylvania PA30$3,345+20%$287 – $6,637
Ohio OH23$3,080+10%$1,586 – $16,923
Tennessee TN11$2,923+5%$787 – $4,263
Wisconsin WI31$2,709−3%$2,214 – $3,790
Minnesota MN19$1,937−31%$1,037 – $2,273
West Virginia WV13$1,606−42%$454 – $6,965
Iowa IA33$1,593−43%$1,057 – $1,711
Nebraska NE11$1,580−43%$1,082 – $2,580
Illinois IL24$1,554−44%$709 – $4,761
Kansas KS12$1,463−48%$702 – $3,100
Oregon OR14$1,211−57%$1,211 – $2,229
Oklahoma OK16$777−72%$777 – $6,615
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not 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 $2,790.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care419$3,553$1,211 – $7,693
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access140$1,722$903 – $3,790
Ownership
For-profit69$4,043$1,707 – $8,372
Government87$1,979$1,037 – $4,275
Non-profit409$2,502$1,030 – $6,637
System affiliation
Part of a system447$3,244$1,172 – $6,987
Independent118$1,840$855 – $4,015

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,890
Median cash price$2,790
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

278 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,722 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,085; most fall between $792 and $4,043.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 278 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
$709$948$1,722$3,790$8,014

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($709 vs $8,014).

Of the 302 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 278 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 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

565 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 610 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted565
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code610

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 Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy.

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, “Endoscopic release of the plantar fascia of the foot (CPT 29893) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29893-endoscopic-release-of-the-plantar-fascia-of-the-foot