CPT 26170 · 960 hospitals reporting

Removal of palm tendon each

The same procedure costs $147 at one hospital and $14,694 at another — a 100× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,857.

Cheapest published

$147

1 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 960 hospitals

$1,857

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$14,694

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

124 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$1,838	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$2,482	$1,986	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,710	$1,710	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$3,257	$2,117	—	—	0 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,161	$2,161	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,161	$2,161	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$9,063	$2,320	$179	$424,148	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,572	$2,322	—	—	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$4,011	$2,373	$206	$3,810	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$4,011	$2,373	$206	$3,810	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,307	$1,307	—	—	5 insurers
LEGENT SURGICAL HOSPITAL PLANO	TX	$6,412	$2,423	—	—	4 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,268	$1,268	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,014	$1,208	$1,108	$8,427	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,014	$1,208	—	—	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$1,507	$1,205	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,154	$1,154	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,634	$1,144	—	—	2 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$1,735	$1,058	—	—	0 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$1,243	$1,057	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$919	$8,427	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,253	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$1,636	$982	$900	$8,427	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$2,738	$1,114	$3,000	3 insurers