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
MAJOR THUMB OR JOINT PROCEDURES
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Based on 2–20 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$1.6k
Average
$21.5k
Median
$20.0k
High
$62.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Mclaren Northern Michigan PETOSKEY, MI | $11.6k | $12.7k | $3.0k | 24% | 1–10 | $8.7k – $18.6k |
| 2 | Baptist Health - Fort Smith Smith, AR | $15.2k | $15.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $15.2k – $15.2k |
| 3 | McLeod Health Dillon, SC | $14.5k | $14.5k | — | — | — | $14.5k – $14.5k |
| 4 | Hendricks Regional Health Danville, IN | $11.9k | $13.9k | $8.2k | 59% | — | $5.9k – $41.5k |
| 5 | Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Coppell, TX | $23.4k | $22.1k | $4.9k | 22% | — | $10.6k – $26.0k |
| 6 | CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ | $37.5k | $36.8k | $1.1k | 3% | — | $34.5k – $37.5k |
| 7 | Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Mansfield, TX | $23.4k | $22.1k | $4.9k | 22% | — | $10.6k – $26.0k |
| 8 | Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ | $34.8k | $31.5k | $7.0k | 22% | — | $11.8k – $34.8k |
| 9 | Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ | $31.3k | $28.1k | $6.9k | 25% | — | $8.7k – $31.3k |
| 10 | Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO | $3.5k | $2.4k | $1.4k | 59% | — | $672 – $3.9k |
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