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Procedure price report · Procedures on spleen

Removal of the whole spleen

CPT 38100the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to remove the entire spleen when it is the only procedure performed during that operation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,508 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 429 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,742. Most fall between $1,483 and $5,083 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
429
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 429 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
$872$1,620$2,508$4,350$6,451

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($872 vs $6,451).

How the prices are spread

$582 – $758: 11 hospitals$582$758 – $989: 16 hospitals$989 – $1,290: 26 hospitals$989$1,290 – $1,682: 40 hospitals$1,682 – $2,194: 61 hospitals$1,682$2,194 – $2,861: 79 hospitals$2,861 – $3,731: 44 hospitals$2,861$3,731 – $4,865: 38 hospitals$4,865 – $6,345: 50 hospitals$4,865$6,345 – $8,275: 22 hospitals$6,345median $2,508price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (387 of 429 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$582$75811
$758$98916
$989$1,29026
$1,290$1,68240
$1,682$2,19461
$2,194$2,86179
$2,861$3,73144
$3,731$4,86538
$4,865$6,34550
$6,345$8,27522

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,508.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 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 $2,499 across 15 hospitalsWA$2,499Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 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 $4,936 across 19 hospitalsMN$4,936Illinois: median $2,162 across 17 hospitalsIL$2,162Wisconsin: median $5,650 across 29 hospitalsWI$5,650Michigan: median $2,229 across 31 hospitalsMI$2,229New York: median $1,970 across 22 hospitalsNY$1,970Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,715 across 21 hospitalsOR$2,715Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 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 $2,829 across 27 hospitalsIA$2,829Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,840 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,840Pennsylvania: median $2,400 across 23 hospitalsPA$2,400New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,748 across 11 hospitalsCA$2,748Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,565 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,565Missouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,427 across 14 hospitalsWV$1,427Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,641 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,641Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,891 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,891Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,508. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI29$5,650+125%$5,360 – $9,681
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+104%$3,986 – $6,311
Minnesota MN19$4,936+97%$2,202 – $6,483
Ohio OH13$2,840+13%$1,783 – $5,083
Iowa IA27$2,829+13%$1,634 – $2,829
California CA11$2,748+10%$937 – $3,273
Oregon OR21$2,715+8%$2,105 – $3,326
Nebraska NE10$2,565+2%$1,983 – $2,775
Washington WA15$2,4990%$1,622 – $4,213
Pennsylvania PA23$2,400−4%$711 – $3,522
Michigan MI31$2,229−11%$1,620 – $3,899
Illinois IL17$2,162−14%$979 – $5,460
New York NY22$1,970−21%$854 – $4,196
Oklahoma OK10$1,891−25%$1,891 – $1,891
Kansas KS10$1,641−35%$840 – $2,199
West Virginia WV14$1,427−43%$1,250 – $3,310
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,508.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care279$2,415$1,406 – $4,936
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access141$2,627$1,539 – $5,460
Ownership
For-profit26$3,419$1,617 – $8,273
Government87$2,356$1,262 – $3,899
Non-profit315$2,621$1,514 – $5,360
System affiliation
Part of a system311$2,715$1,514 – $5,360
Independent118$2,341$1,455 – $4,213

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,438
Median cash price$2,508
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

257 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,202 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,349; most fall between $1,232 and $3,902.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 257 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
$785$1,514$2,202$3,455$5,650

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($785 vs $5,650).

Of the 296 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 257 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 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

429 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 505 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted429
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
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 — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code505

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Procedures on spleen family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Splenectomy Total Separate Procedure.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of the whole spleen (CPT 38100) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38100-removal-of-the-whole-spleen