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Procedure price report · Colorectal resection

Removal of a rectal tumor, not into the deep muscle layer

CPT 45171the billing code this page is about

A tumor is removed from the rectum through the anus, taking only the lining and inner layers without cutting into the thick outer muscle wall.

Hospitals typically charge $2,594 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 760 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,754. Most fall between $1,129 and $5,656 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
760
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 760 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$1,205$2,594$4,595$8,803

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($788 vs $8,803).

How the prices are spread

$655 – $876: 50 hospitals$655$876 – $1,172: 95 hospitals$1,172 – $1,568: 87 hospitals$1,172$1,568 – $2,097: 58 hospitals$2,097 – $2,805: 80 hospitals$2,097$2,805 – $3,752: 88 hospitals$3,752 – $5,018: 87 hospitals$3,752$5,018 – $6,712: 51 hospitals$6,712 – $8,977: 56 hospitals$6,712$8,977 – $12,007: 33 hospitals$8,977median $2,594price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (685 of 760 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$655$87650
$876$1,17295
$1,172$1,56887
$1,568$2,09758
$2,097$2,80580
$2,805$3,75288
$3,752$5,01887
$5,018$6,71251
$6,712$8,97756
$8,977$12,00733

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,836
Median cash price$2,594
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.91×

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 $2,594.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,114 across 26 hospitalsWA$3,114Idaho: median $3,031 across 16 hospitalsID$3,031Montana: 5 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 $2,504 across 27 hospitalsMN$2,504Illinois: median $1,499 across 28 hospitalsIL$1,499Wisconsin: median $3,285 across 35 hospitalsWI$3,285Michigan: median $1,137 across 41 hospitalsMI$1,137New York: median $3,245 across 55 hospitalsNY$3,245Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,365 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,365Nevada: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,494 across 36 hospitalsIA$1,494Indiana: median $1,433 across 14 hospitalsIN$1,433Ohio: median $2,114 across 26 hospitalsOH$2,114Pennsylvania: median $4,637 across 18 hospitalsPA$4,637New Jersey: median $3,660 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,660Connecticut: 3 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 $4,555 across 56 hospitalsCA$4,555Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,487 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,487Nebraska: median $1,455 across 13 hospitalsNE$1,455Missouri: median $1,490 across 20 hospitalsMO$1,490Kentucky: median $663 across 10 hospitalsKY$663West Virginia: median $1,659 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,659Virginia: median $8,507 across 10 hospitalsVA$8,507Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 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 $974 across 16 hospitalsKS$974Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,889 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,889North Carolina: median $4,321 across 11 hospitalsNC$4,321South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,290 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,290Louisiana: median $2,539 across 14 hospitalsLA$2,539Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $2,477 across 12 hospitalsAL$2,477Georgia: median $11,148 across 13 hospitalsGA$11,148Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,594 across 27 hospitalsTX$2,594Florida: median $5,350 across 15 hospitalsFL$5,350
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,594. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA13$11,148+330%$3,456 – $11,148
Virginia VA10$8,507+228%$413 – $12,580
Florida FL15$5,350+106%$2,114 – $6,167
Pennsylvania PA18$4,637+79%$2,086 – $9,726
California CA56$4,555+76%$1,681 – $8,803
North Carolina NC11$4,321+67%$1,877 – $8,394
New Jersey NJ32$3,660+41%$3,035 – $5,419
Wisconsin WI35$3,285+27%$2,537 – $4,105
New York NY55$3,245+25%$1,000 – $4,595
Washington WA26$3,114+20%$1,271 – $5,453
Idaho ID16$3,031+17%$1,239 – $7,189
Texas TX27$2,5940%$2,594 – $5,833
Louisiana LA14$2,539−2%$997 – $4,599
Minnesota MN27$2,504−3%$1,549 – $2,953
Alabama AL12$2,477−5%$1,706 – $10,761
Ohio OH26$2,114−19%$1,089 – $17,802
Tennessee TN10$1,889−27%$1,015 – $3,879
West Virginia WV17$1,659−36%$682 – $4,625
Illinois IL28$1,499−42%$663 – $3,996
Iowa IA36$1,494−42%$1,094 – $1,543
Missouri MO20$1,490−43%$718 – $7,013
Colorado CO11$1,487−43%$1,150 – $3,287
Nebraska NE13$1,455−44%$1,043 – $1,927
Indiana IN14$1,433−45%$663 – $8,376
Oregon OR19$1,365−47%$1,137 – $2,314
Oklahoma OK16$1,290−50%$1,290 – $5,590
Michigan MI41$1,137−56%$1,129 – $3,817
Kansas KS16$974−62%$759 – $1,273
Kentucky KY10$663−74%$600 – $992
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $2,594.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care541$3,245$1,159 – $6,957
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access209$1,499$986 – $3,285
Ownership
For-profit72$3,879$1,662 – $9,758
Government156$1,746$1,126 – $3,669
Non-profit530$2,594$1,136 – $5,453
System affiliation
Part of a system574$3,075$1,137 – $6,435
Independent186$1,711$1,100 – $3,591

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,846
Median cash price$2,594
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

379 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,706 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,122; most fall between $897 and $4,555.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 379 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
$662$1,032$1,706$3,314$7,500

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($662 vs $7,500).

Of the 433 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 379 gave a usable cash price; 30 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

760 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 855 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted760
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code855

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 Colorectal resection family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Rct Tum Not Incl Muscularis Propria.

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, “Removal of a rectal tumor, not into the deep muscle layer (CPT 45171) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45171-removal-of-a-rectal-tumor-not-into-the-deep-muscle-layer