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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Ankle arthroscopy with limited cleanout of the joint

CPT 29897the billing code this page is about

Keyhole ankle surgery to trim or clear away damaged tissue in a limited part of the joint.

Hospitals typically charge $2,404 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 642 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,752. Most fall between $907 and $6,261 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
642
States
48
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 642 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
$707$1,066$2,404$5,016$10,102

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($707 vs $10,102).

How the prices are spread

$518 – $748: 39 hospitals$518$748 – $1,079: 92 hospitals$1,079 – $1,557: 87 hospitals$1,079$1,557 – $2,247: 62 hospitals$2,247 – $3,242: 58 hospitals$2,247$3,242 – $4,679: 100 hospitals$4,679 – $6,752: 54 hospitals$4,679$6,752 – $9,745: 52 hospitals$9,745 – $14,063: 16 hospitals$9,745$14,063 – $20,294: 18 hospitals$14,063median $2,404price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (578 of 642 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$518$74839
$748$1,07992
$1,079$1,55787
$1,557$2,24762
$2,247$3,24258
$3,242$4,679100
$4,679$6,75254
$6,752$9,74552
$9,745$14,06316
$14,063$20,29418

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,404
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.72×

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 $2,404.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 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 $1,394 across 17 hospitalsWA$1,394Idaho: median $4,017 across 14 hospitalsID$4,017Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,800 across 28 hospitalsMN$2,800Illinois: median $1,260 across 25 hospitalsIL$1,260Wisconsin: median $2,612 across 35 hospitalsWI$2,612Michigan: median $1,765 across 38 hospitalsMI$1,765New York: median $3,840 across 39 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,357 across 18 hospitalsOR$1,357Nevada: 5 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 $1,242 across 31 hospitalsIA$1,242Indiana: median $1,026 across 14 hospitalsIN$1,026Ohio: median $1,903 across 17 hospitalsOH$1,903Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 26 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $4,350 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 2 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 $5,006 across 51 hospitalsCA$5,006Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,569 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,569Missouri: median $3,261 across 14 hospitalsMO$3,261Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,172 across 15 hospitalsWV$1,172Virginia: median $1,857 across 11 hospitalsVA$1,857Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $707 across 12 hospitalsKS$707Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 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 $821 across 16 hospitalsOK$821Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $1,400 across 10 hospitalsAL$1,400Georgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,360 across 32 hospitalsTX$4,360Florida: median $15,992 across 12 hospitalsFL$15,992
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,404. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$15,992+565%$1,903 – $16,533
California CA51$5,006+108%$1,472 – $8,394
Texas TX32$4,360+81%$2,971 – $6,736
New Jersey NJ33$4,350+81%$3,594 – $5,339
Idaho ID14$4,017+67%$1,008 – $8,372
New York NY39$3,840+60%$867 – $4,084
Missouri MO14$3,261+36%$853 – $23,110
Minnesota MN28$2,800+16%$851 – $3,678
Wisconsin WI35$2,612+9%$2,491 – $5,552
Pennsylvania PA26$2,382−1%$321 – $5,038
Ohio OH17$1,903−21%$1,010 – $3,553
Virginia VA11$1,857−23%$332 – $20,507
Michigan MI38$1,765−27%$1,183 – $4,499
Nebraska NE10$1,569−35%$759 – $3,825
Alabama AL10$1,400−42%$725 – $7,725
Washington WA17$1,394−42%$915 – $4,414
Oregon OR18$1,357−44%$915 – $1,951
Illinois IL25$1,260−48%$866 – $8,927
Iowa IA31$1,242−48%$1,133 – $2,286
West Virginia WV15$1,172−51%$524 – $2,095
Indiana IN14$1,026−57%$866 – $18,947
Oklahoma OK16$821−66%$821 – $6,612
Kansas KS12$707−71%$326 – $4,029
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $2,404.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care472$3,227$972 – $8,372
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access160$1,448$835 – $3,678
Ownership
For-profit79$4,720$1,741 – $11,334
Government109$1,393$895 – $4,029
Non-profit454$2,308$867 – $5,741
System affiliation
Part of a system484$2,612$915 – $6,736
Independent158$1,571$895 – $4,579

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,766
Median cash price$2,404
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

306 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,528 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,119; most fall between $853 and $5,006.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 306 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
$681$895$1,528$4,360$8,394

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($681 vs $8,394).

Of the 346 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 306 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

642 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 711 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted642
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code711

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 Arthroscopy Ankle Surgical Debridement Limited.

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, “Ankle arthroscopy with limited cleanout of the joint (CPT 29897) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29897-ankle-arthroscopy-with-limited-cleanout-of-the-joint