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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Arthroscopy below the ankle with cleanout of the joint

CPT 29906the billing code this page is about

Keyhole surgery on the subtalar joint beneath the ankle to trim or clear away damaged tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $2,778 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 318 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,784. Most fall between $1,094 and $5,706 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
318
States
41
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 318 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
$779$1,237$2,778$4,499$8,014

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($779 vs $8,014).

How the prices are spread

$608 – $827: 23 hospitals$608$827 – $1,125: 27 hospitals$1,125 – $1,529: 34 hospitals$1,125$1,529 – $2,080: 35 hospitals$2,080 – $2,829: 37 hospitals$2,080$2,829 – $3,847: 47 hospitals$3,847 – $5,231: 32 hospitals$3,847$5,231 – $7,115: 18 hospitals$7,115 – $9,675: 30 hospitals$7,115$9,675 – $13,158: 7 hospitals$9,675median $2,778price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (290 of 318 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$608$82723
$827$1,12527
$1,125$1,52934
$1,529$2,08035
$2,080$2,82937
$2,829$3,84747
$3,847$5,23132
$5,231$7,11518
$7,115$9,67530
$9,675$13,1587

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,778
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 $2,778.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,222 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,222Wisconsin: median $3,226 across 10 hospitalsWI$3,226Michigan: median $2,001 across 13 hospitalsMI$2,001New York: median $3,840 across 26 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,237 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,237Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $1,648 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,648Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,509 across 10 hospitalsOH$2,509Pennsylvania: median $1,253 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,253New Jersey: median $4,330 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,014 across 28 hospitalsCA$8,014Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,082 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,082Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,778 across 18 hospitalsTX$2,778Florida: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,778. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$8,014+189%$3,012 – $8,014
New Jersey NJ31$4,330+56%$3,591 – $5,339
New York NY26$3,840+38%$1,871 – $3,884
Wisconsin WI10$3,226+16%$3,226 – $7,656
Texas TX18$2,7780%$2,778 – $2,778
Ohio OH10$2,509−10%$1,241 – $2,509
Michigan MI13$2,001−28%$1,267 – $4,499
Iowa IA17$1,648−41%$1,648 – $1,690
Pennsylvania PA19$1,253−55%$408 – $5,486
Oregon OR12$1,237−55%$1,237 – $2,146
Illinois IL12$1,222−56%$779 – $4,671
Oklahoma OK14$1,082−61%$1,082 – $4,446
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $2,778.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care265$2,778$1,095 – $5,741
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access47$1,847$840 – $4,671
Ownership
For-profit37$3,064$938 – $8,372
Government45$1,690$1,095 – $3,840
Non-profit236$2,778$1,132 – $5,741
System affiliation
Part of a system260$2,778$1,082 – $6,261
Independent58$1,826$1,179 – $3,855

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,683
Median cash price$2,778
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

185 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,814 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,043; most fall between $938 and $5,038.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 185 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
$714$1,082$1,814$3,553$8,014

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($714 vs $8,014).

Of the 204 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 185 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

318 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 349 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted318
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code349

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 Subtalar Joint With Debridement.

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, “Arthroscopy below the ankle with cleanout of the joint (CPT 29906) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29906-arthroscopy-below-the-ankle-with-cleanout-of-the-joint