CPT 28043

Musculoskeletal

Current code41 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 28043 by hospital
HospitalMedicare (traditional) rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
EvergreenHealth Medical CenterKirkland—$3,599$4,499
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01—$693Doctor’s fee: $450 – $693$1,066Doctor’s fee: $693 – $1,066
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle——$1,105
Trios HealthKennewick$1,677at least 5 plans—$25,951 – $92,102
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle—$2,692$5,278

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)
$441 in an office; $275 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington
$393 in an office; $252 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national)
$1,687 (APC 5072)
Surgery center payment (national)
$742

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 28043:

  • 28043P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)