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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Ankle arthroscopy with extensive cleanout of the joint

CPT 29898the billing code this page is about

Keyhole ankle surgery to trim or clear away damaged tissue across a wide area of the joint.

Hospitals typically charge $2,909 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 750 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,284. Most fall between $1,154 and $8,600 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
750
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 750 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
$818$1,308$2,909$6,363$15,268

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($818 vs $15,268).

How the prices are spread

$586 – $855: 43 hospitals$586$855 – $1,247: 99 hospitals$1,247 – $1,818: 101 hospitals$1,247$1,818 – $2,652: 76 hospitals$2,652 – $3,869: 101 hospitals$2,652$3,869 – $5,643: 81 hospitals$5,643 – $8,231: 55 hospitals$5,643$8,231 – $12,007: 61 hospitals$12,007 – $17,513: 29 hospitals$12,007$17,513 – $25,546: 30 hospitals$17,513median $2,909price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (676 of 750 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$586$85543
$855$1,24799
$1,247$1,818101
$1,818$2,65276
$2,652$3,869101
$3,869$5,64381
$5,643$8,23155
$8,231$12,00761
$12,007$17,51329
$17,513$25,54630

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,909
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 $2,909.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,158 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,158New Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,460 across 21 hospitalsWA$1,460Idaho: median $3,947 across 17 hospitalsID$3,947Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,755 across 27 hospitalsMN$2,755Illinois: median $1,545 across 28 hospitalsIL$1,545Wisconsin: median $2,980 across 40 hospitalsWI$2,980Michigan: median $2,015 across 40 hospitalsMI$2,015New York: median $3,840 across 49 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,806 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,806Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,402 across 35 hospitalsIA$1,402Indiana: median $1,966 across 26 hospitalsIN$1,966Ohio: median $16,055 across 29 hospitalsOH$16,055Pennsylvania: median $3,218 across 30 hospitalsPA$3,218New Jersey: median $4,350 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 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 $1,987 across 47 hospitalsCA$1,987Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,225 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,225Nebraska: median $1,550 across 17 hospitalsNE$1,550Missouri: median $7,282 across 19 hospitalsMO$7,282Kentucky: median $1,275 across 11 hospitalsKY$1,275West Virginia: median $1,385 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,385Virginia: median $1,857 across 11 hospitalsVA$1,857Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,897 across 10 hospitalsAZ$2,897New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,499 across 15 hospitalsKS$1,499Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,874 across 12 hospitalsTN$1,874North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,183 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,183Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,170 across 13 hospitalsAL$3,170Georgia: median $8,718 across 11 hospitalsGA$8,718Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,488 across 32 hospitalsTX$4,488Florida: median $16,442 across 11 hospitalsFL$16,442
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,909. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL11$16,442+465%$3,257 – $18,433
Ohio OH29$16,055+452%$2,080 – $36,224
Georgia GA11$8,718+200%$7,500 – $8,718
Missouri MO19$7,282+150%$902 – $16,807
Texas TX32$4,488+54%$2,800 – $6,097
New Jersey NJ35$4,350+50%$3,591 – $8,289
Idaho ID17$3,947+36%$1,142 – $7,187
New York NY49$3,840+32%$1,645 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA30$3,218+11%$365 – $5,873
Alabama AL13$3,170+9%$1,607 – $16,468
Wisconsin WI40$2,980+2%$1,819 – $3,184
Arizona AZ10$2,8970%$555 – $14,454
Minnesota MN27$2,755−5%$1,190 – $4,016
Michigan MI40$2,015−31%$1,205 – $4,499
California CA47$1,987−32%$1,472 – $8,770
Indiana IN26$1,966−32%$1,120 – $16,573
Tennessee TN12$1,874−36%$759 – $11,176
Virginia VA11$1,857−36%$376 – $15,928
Oregon OR19$1,806−38%$1,039 – $1,870
Nebraska NE17$1,550−47%$1,296 – $4,662
Illinois IL28$1,545−47%$1,120 – $14,789
Kansas KS15$1,499−48%$425 – $5,576
Washington WA21$1,460−50%$939 – $5,026
Iowa IA35$1,402−52%$1,068 – $2,435
West Virginia WV16$1,385−52%$590 – $3,808
Kentucky KY11$1,275−56%$872 – $9,030
Colorado CO11$1,225−58%$956 – $3,050
Oklahoma OK15$1,183−59%$1,183 – $6,612
Vermont VT10$1,158−60%$573 – $1,444
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not 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
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $2,909.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care544$3,696$1,385 – $9,491
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access196$1,711$943 – $4,241
Ownership
For-profit95$4,792$1,806 – $14,454
Government131$1,779$1,048 – $5,366
Non-profit524$2,909$1,158 – $8,715
System affiliation
Part of a system564$3,343$1,215 – $8,770
Independent186$1,905$1,010 – $4,676

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,212
Median cash price$2,909
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

338 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,676 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,199; most fall between $1,039 and $5,038.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 338 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
$788$1,120$1,676$4,488$8,718

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($788 vs $8,718).

Of the 381 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 338 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 24 a list price only.

How complete is this

750 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 829 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted750
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code829

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 Extensive.

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 extensive cleanout of the joint (CPT 29898) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29898-ankle-arthroscopy-with-extensive-cleanout-of-the-joint