Surgery & procedures costs at US hospitals

Procedure Code Lowest cash National median Highest Hospitals
Release knuckle contracture CPT 26520 $170.17 $2,811.20 $12,856.25 106
Release middle ear bone CPT 69650 $420.90 $4,350.00 $12,853.64 88
Release muscles of hand CPT 26593 $346.20 $3,839.54 $11,938.85 99
Release of eye fluid CPT 67015 $317.25 $3,499.20 $21,570.84 190
Release of foot tendon CPT 28220 $298.92 $2,260.80 $8,741.60 85
Release of foot tendon 28225 CPT 28225 $256.23 $3,839.54 $19,608.91 107
Release of foot tendons CPT 28222 $195.90 $3,821.05 $7,285.60 90
Release of foot tendons CPT 28226 $214.20 $3,839.54 $6,839.00 78
Release of lower leg tendon CPT 27680 $225.45 $3,839.54 $38,199.75 112
Release of lower leg tendons CPT 27681 $838.46 $4,040.02 $15,106.85 91
Release of lung 32220 CPT 32220 $368.83 $4,919.00 $23,954.92 45
Release of midfoot joint CPT 28260 $981.60 $3,839.54 $6,839.00 82
Release of midfoot joint CPT 28264 $1,221.60 $4,238.61 $7,649.49 92
Release of shoulder ligament CPT 23415 $370.20 $5,886.74 $12,045.60 108
Release of skull seams CPT 61550 $1,860.17 $1,860.17 $4,053.40 6
Release of skull seams CPT 61552 $2,280.16 $2,280.16 $5,304.00 6
Release of ureter CPT 50715 $286.30 $5,366.40 $26,236.26 44
Release of ureter CPT 50722 $1,333.22 $2,571.20 $5,133.70 17
Release of ureter CPT 50940 $1,157.71 $1,157.71 $4,141.80 6
Release palm contracture CPT 26040 $172.80 $2,211.05 $8,848.45 134
Release palm contracture CPT 26121 $320.10 $3,839.54 $18,477.55 151
Release palm contracture CPT 26123 $446.25 $4,350.00 $33,007.74 157
Release palm contracture CPT 26125 $63.35 $1,196.00 $9,791.00 101
Release palm contracture 26045 CPT 26045 $254.55 $3,839.54 $11,967.50 135
Release palm & finger tendon CPT 26442 $246.61 $3,272.47 $23,654.10 107
Release palm/finger tendon CPT 26440 $162.82 $2,427.09 $16,347.39 134
Release/revise ureter CPT 50725 $1,429.35 $1,429.35 $5,252.00 6
Release spinal cord lumbar CPT 63200 $2,368.15 $3,609.60 $14,114.50 22
Release thumb contracture CPT 26508 $1,425.60 $3,309.60 $18,477.55 79
Release wrist/forearm tendon CPT 25295 $282.15 $3,839.54 $20,191.08 113
Relieve bladder contracture CPT 52640 $216.41 $4,350.00 $23,297.88 115
Relieve cranial pressure 61345 CPT 61345 $3,095.78 $4,553.40 $7,599.80 14
Relocation of testis(es) CPT 54680 $2,656.59 $4,081.37 $6,839.00 80
Relocation skin pocket aicd CPT 33223 $257.83 $2,935.84 $28,003.20 538
Relocation skin pocket pm CPT 33222 $230.80 $2,673.12 $22,113.91 587
Rem/biv cast full arm/leg CPT 29705 $28.52 $324.00 $3,074.50 472
Rem/biv cast shldr/hip spica CPT 29710 $55.65 $443.20 $4,627.00 173
Rem endovas vena cava filter CPT 37193 $304.83 $5,509.05 $30,552.52 631
Removal abdomen lymph nodes 38564 CPT 38564 $166.67 $1,332.00 $2,958.80 38
Removal allograft pancreas CPT 48556 $1,858.32 $1,858.32 $5,062.20 5
Removal anal seton other marker 46030 CPT 46030 $104.41 $1,645.43 $12,571.92 218
Removal biliary drg cath CPT 47537 $87.21 $1,380.82 $12,288.55 565
Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump CPT 36589 $84.70 $1,588.50 $11,310.39 747
Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion CPT 36590 $184.45 $2,421.09 $21,361.35 733
Removal cerclage w/anes CPT 59871 $276.00 $3,790.00 $16,974.82 332
Removal cerclage without anes CPT 59899 $33.25 $361.50 $4,350.00 282
Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) CPT 69210 $12.60 $163.20 $1,669.00 693
Removal clot in graft oth/thn 35875 CPT 35875 $321.98 $5,988.54 $25,255.10 239
Removal clot in graft xcp 35876 CPT 35876 $450.15 $5,988.54 $25,255.10 192
Removal deep drug delivery device CPT 20701 $32.10 $530.40 $1,618.50 89
Removal duct glbldr calculi CPT 47544 $140.00 $2,771.60 $15,893.15 454
Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl CPT 40804 $53.64 $783.75 $6,839.00 481
Removal foreign body extrn auditory canal with anes CPT 69205 $133.80 $2,624.30 $20,323.90 273
Removal foreign body foot cmplx CPT 28193 $193.50 $2,659.20 $18,861.13 298
Removal foreign body foot subcutaneous right CPT 28190 $81.20 $1,260.80 $12,455.55 670
Removal foreign body gum 41805 CPT 41805 $224.72 $2,301.60 $20,468.96 249
Removal foreign body jawbone CPT 41806 $199.20 $2,133.48 $6,839.00 127
Removal foreign body mouth CPT 40805 $212.10 $1,424.80 $14,116.19 252
Removal implant from finger/hand 26320 CPT 26320 $189.30 $2,112.60 $15,150.42 194
Removal implant superficial separate procedure CPT 20670 $154.00 $3,065.04 $22,682.22 406
Removal kidney open complex CPT 50225 $1,536.71 $6,043.20 $6,043.20 22
Removal kidney open radical CPT 50230 $649.20 $6,190.60 $10,748.80 35
Removal mamma implant mat 19330 CPT 19330 $337.20 $3,933.64 $41,482.04 150
Removal neck/armpit lesion CPT 38550 $270.45 $4,531.42 $8,114.40 118
Removal neck/armpit lesion 38555 CPT 38555 $1,100.00 $5,741.00 $9,475.20 93
Removal of adenoids CPT 42830 $194.36 $3,837.72 $35,634.81 164
Removal of adenoids CPT 42831 $210.18 $3,837.72 $33,789.74 149
Removal of adenoids CPT 42836 $235.71 $4,089.82 $33,427.05 109
Removal of adenoids <12yrs 42835 CPT 42835 $191.97 $3,837.72 $17,689.56 97
Removal of anal fissure CPT 46200 $182.10 $3,245.23 $21,820.18 173
Removal of anal tags CPT 46230 $184.00 $3,552.60 $20,388.73 245
Removal of ankle bone CPT 28130 $952.32 $7,807.24 $21,400.96 82
Removal of ankle/heel lesion CPT 28100 $222.90 $3,839.54 $36,608.85 130
Removal of ankle implant CPT 27704 $298.20 $3,821.05 $9,833.17 97
Removal of arm artery clot 34111 CPT 34111 $324.70 $5,983.35 $34,128.36 128
Removal of artery clot CPT 34051 $1,443.81 $1,443.81 $4,417.40 7
Removal of artery clot 34101 CPT 34101 $363.85 $6,590.12 $29,599.70 163
Removal of artery clot 34151 CPT 34151 $309.68 $2,919.84 $14,045.17 46
Removal of artery clot; neck incision 34001 CPT 34001 $203.28 $1,395.00 $4,648.80 34
Removal of bladder CPT 51570 $1,894.78 $3,724.80 $7,139.60 18
Removal of bladder lesion CPT 51520 $309.00 $4,081.37 $30,719.30 80
Removal of bladder lesion CPT 51525 $205.38 $2,168.00 $4,009.20 33
Removal of bladder lesion CPT 51530 $184.94 $1,006.14 $3,564.60 38
Removal of bladder & nodes CPT 51575 $2,339.06 $4,608.00 $8,886.80 22
Removal of bladder & nodes CPT 51585 $2,715.40 $2,715.40 $11,337.30 5
Removal of bladder stone CPT 51050 $311.41 $6,015.75 $31,623.31 119
Removal of bone for graft CPT 20900 $335.67 $6,507.20 $61,623.14 129
Removal of bone for graft CPT 20902 $278.40 $5,230.40 $42,739.99 130
Removal of bone lesion CPT 23140 $295.50 $3,839.54 $22,300.80 112
Removal of bone lesion CPT 23145 $3,417.60 $3,986.00 $8,821.60 67
Removal of bone lesion CPT 23146 $2,100.80 $7,907.11 $10,959.20 79
Removal of brain abscess CPT 61522 $3,307.68 $3,307.68 $8,200.40 8
Removal of brain lesion CPT 61520 $1,298.50 $8,870.40 $14,843.40 24
Removal of brain lesion CPT 61521 $4,709.13 $7,470.40 $12,217.40 19
Removal of brain lesion CPT 61524 $3,157.27 $8,548.80 $8,548.80 9
Removal of brain lesion CPT 61526 $4,634.62 $4,634.62 $15,466.75 8
Removal of brain lesion CPT 61530 $4,600.91 $4,600.91 $13,029.90 6
Removal of brain lesion CPT 61534 $2,521.52 $2,521.52 $5,982.60 7
Removal of brain lesion CPT 61536 $3,878.09 $3,878.09 $9,807.20 6
Removal of brain lesion 61510 CPT 61510 $3,346.86 $5,154.40 $10,140.00 32