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Procedure price report · Colorectal resection

Removal of a rectal tumor including the deep muscle layer

CPT 45172the billing code this page is about

A tumor is removed from the rectum through the anus, with the excision extending through the full thickness of the muscle wall.

Hospitals typically charge $3,154 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 555 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,309. Most fall between $1,438 and $6,268 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
555
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 555 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
$1,004$1,594$3,154$5,240$8,803

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,004 vs $8,803).

How the prices are spread

$779 – $1,052: 35 hospitals$779$1,052 – $1,421: 45 hospitals$1,421 – $1,920: 72 hospitals$1,421$1,920 – $2,594: 61 hospitals$2,594 – $3,504: 69 hospitals$2,594$3,504 – $4,734: 89 hospitals$4,734 – $6,395: 62 hospitals$4,734$6,395 – $8,639: 23 hospitals$8,639 – $11,670: 34 hospitals$8,639$11,670 – $15,765: 13 hospitals$11,670median $3,154price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (503 of 555 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$779$1,05235
$1,052$1,42145
$1,421$1,92072
$1,920$2,59461
$2,594$3,50469
$3,504$4,73489
$4,734$6,39562
$6,395$8,63923
$8,639$11,67034
$11,670$15,76513

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,836
Median cash price$3,154
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.11×

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 $3,154.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,717 across 12 hospitalsWA$1,717Idaho: median $7,189 across 11 hospitalsID$7,189Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,081 across 17 hospitalsMN$4,081Illinois: median $1,994 across 21 hospitalsIL$1,994Wisconsin: median $4,163 across 30 hospitalsWI$4,163Michigan: median $3,817 across 17 hospitalsMI$3,817New York: median $3,245 across 47 hospitalsNY$3,245Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,511 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,511Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $2,019 across 22 hospitalsIA$2,019Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,073 across 14 hospitalsOH$3,073Pennsylvania: median $2,086 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,086New Jersey: median $3,660 across 30 hospitalsNJ$3,660Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,205 across 50 hospitalsCA$5,205Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,960 across 17 hospitalsMO$2,960Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $897 across 11 hospitalsWV$897Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 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 $1,240 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,240Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 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 $1,726 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,726Louisiana: median $2,281 across 11 hospitalsLA$2,281Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $16,385 across 10 hospitalsGA$16,385Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,595 across 26 hospitalsTX$5,595Florida: median $4,422 across 19 hospitalsFL$4,422
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,154. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$16,385+420%$3,232 – $16,385
Idaho ID11$7,189+128%$3,090 – $7,189
Texas TX26$5,595+77%$2,774 – $6,395
California CA50$5,205+65%$1,874 – $8,803
Florida FL19$4,422+40%$3,154 – $12,140
Wisconsin WI30$4,163+32%$4,163 – $6,268
Minnesota MN17$4,081+29%$2,559 – $4,081
Michigan MI17$3,817+21%$1,551 – $4,163
New Jersey NJ30$3,660+16%$3,035 – $5,339
New York NY47$3,245+3%$2,028 – $4,595
Ohio OH14$3,073−3%$1,170 – $12,954
Missouri MO17$2,960−6%$1,176 – $10,604
Louisiana LA11$2,281−28%$1,121 – $4,599
Pennsylvania PA20$2,086−34%$508 – $5,168
Iowa IA22$2,019−36%$1,999 – $2,469
Illinois IL21$1,994−37%$1,115 – $18,006
Oklahoma OK13$1,726−45%$1,726 – $5,591
Washington WA12$1,717−46%$1,592 – $8,931
Oregon OR14$1,511−52%$1,511 – $2,291
Kansas KS10$1,240−61%$1,033 – $1,444
West Virginia WV11$897−72%$868 – $2,250
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,154.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care438$3,272$1,511 – $6,839
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access110$2,019$1,115 – $4,163
Ownership
For-profit57$3,432$1,777 – $8,009
Government92$2,291$1,438 – $4,250
Non-profit405$3,386$1,430 – $6,268
System affiliation
Part of a system446$3,479$1,450 – $6,395
Independent109$2,086$1,360 – $4,010

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,055
Median cash price$3,154
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

261 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,250 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,743; most fall between $1,176 and $5,491.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 261 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
$915$1,429$2,250$5,205$7,500

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($915 vs $7,500).

Of the 291 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 261 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 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

555 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 604 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted555
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code604

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 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 including the deep muscle layer (CPT 45172) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45172-removal-of-a-rectal-tumor-including-the-deep-muscle-layer