CPT 27496
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Decompression of thigh/knee
Low
$549
Average
$5.6k
Median
$5.8k
High
$8.9k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
23 payers; the 90th percentile is 3.9× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Humana other · outpatient · +3 other terms | 42 | $3.0k | $2.7k | $1.2k | 45% | — | $969 – $8.0k |
| 2 | Tricare other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 20 | $3.0k | $4.8k | $2.9k | 60% | — | $1.2k – $8.3k |
| 3 | Cigna other · outpatient | 13 | $8.3k | $7.6k | $1.9k | 25% | — | $1.3k – $8.7k |
| 4 | Aetna other · outpatient · +3 other terms | 10 | $7.4k | $7.2k | $1.8k | 25% | — | $3.2k – $8.3k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 9 | $8.3k | $7.0k | $2.3k | 33% | — | $2.4k – $8.3k |
| 6 | Oscar other · both · +1 other terms | 9 | $1k | $1k | — | — | — | $1k – $1k |
| 7 | Anthem other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 7 | $8.3k | $8.0k | $1.2k | 15% | — | $3.4k – $8.3k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 7 | $3.5k | $2.9k | $910 | 31% | — | $566 – $3.8k |
| 9 | Ambetter other · outpatient | 6 | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas other · outpatient | 6 | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 11 | Caresource other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 6 | $6.4k | $6.7k | $2.1k | 31% | — | $3.3k – $9.4k |
| 12 | Highmark other · outpatient | 6 | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 13 | WellCare other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 6 | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 14 | Molina facility · other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 5 | $3.5k | $5.0k | $2.9k | 58% | — | $3.0k – $10.7k |
| 15 | MultiPlan other · outpatient | 5 | $1.9k | $2.0k | $269 | 14% | — | $1.6k – $2.4k |
| 16 | First Health other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 3 | $2.7k | $2.6k | $132 | 5% | — | $2.4k – $2.7k |
| 17 | Regence other · outpatient | 2 | $3.6k | $3.6k | $60 | 2% | — | $3.5k – $3.7k |
| 18 | Bcbs Al other · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
| 19 | Magellan other · outpatient | 1 | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 20 | Medica facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $8.9k | $8.9k | $293 | 3% | — | $8.6k – $9.2k |
| 21 | Medicare professional · other · outpatient | 1 | $549 | $549 | — | — | — | $549 – $549 |
| 22 | Optum facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 23 | Ucare facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $8.9k | $8.9k | $258 | 3% | — | $8.6k – $9.2k |
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