CPT 27848

Musculoskeletal

Current code37 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicare (traditional): Traditional Medicare. Applies only to people on original Medicare.

Prices for CPT 27848 by hospital
Hospital	Medicare (traditional) rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$516Doctor’s fee: $959 – $1,475	$794Doctor’s fee: $1,475 – $2,269
Trios HealthKennewick	$7,3965 plans	—	$83,617
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$8,429	$16,528

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County): $809 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $741 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $7,413 (APC 5114)
Surgery center payment (national): $4,682

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 27848:

27848P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)
27848T (with a letter after it, T; 1 price line)