HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Release of a flexor tendon sheath at the wrist

CPT 25001the billing code this page is about

Surgical cutting of the tight sheath around a flexor tendon on the palm side of the wrist to relieve tendon irritation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,971 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 368 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,696. Most fall between $662 and $5,113 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
368
States
42
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 368 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$371$728$2,971$4,499$6,700

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($371 vs $6,700).

How the prices are spread

$316 – $442: 24 hospitals$316$442 – $617: 18 hospitals$617 – $862: 57 hospitals$617$862 – $1,204: 30 hospitals$1,204 – $1,681: 7 hospitals$1,204$1,681 – $2,348: 14 hospitals$2,348 – $3,280: 49 hospitals$2,348$3,280 – $4,581: 60 hospitals$4,581 – $6,397: 49 hospitals$4,581$6,397 – $8,935: 24 hospitals$6,397median $2,971price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (332 of 368 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$316$44224
$442$61718
$617$86257
$862$1,20430
$1,204$1,6817
$1,681$2,34814
$2,348$3,28049
$3,280$4,58160
$4,581$6,39749
$6,397$8,93524

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,971
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.89×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,971.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,971 across 15 hospitalsWA$2,971Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $753 across 13 hospitalsIL$753Wisconsin: median $1,755 across 14 hospitalsWI$1,755Michigan: median $357 across 24 hospitalsMI$357New York: median $3,840 across 27 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $8,351 across 14 hospitalsOR$8,351Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $846 across 15 hospitalsIA$846Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $985 across 10 hospitalsOH$985Pennsylvania: median $271 across 18 hospitalsPA$271New Jersey: median $3,821 across 28 hospitalsNJ$3,821Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,113 across 43 hospitalsCA$5,113Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $728 across 14 hospitalsOK$728Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,042 across 40 hospitalsTX$3,042Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,971. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR14$8,351+181%$662 – $15,246
California CA43$5,113+72%$2,427 – $5,113
New York NY27$3,840+29%$638 – $3,840
New Jersey NJ28$3,821+29%$3,594 – $5,419
Texas TX40$3,042+2%$3,042 – $3,098
Washington WA15$2,9710%$907 – $6,408
Wisconsin WI14$1,755−41%$1,755 – $3,481
Ohio OH10$985−67%$570 – $1,287
Iowa IA15$846−72%$846 – $846
Illinois IL13$753−75%$259 – $2,478
Oklahoma OK14$728−75%$728 – $6,615
Michigan MI24$357−88%$357 – $4,499
Pennsylvania PA18$271−91%$221 – $5,486
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,971.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care296$3,042$672 – $5,113
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access65$1,755$614 – $5,077
Ownership
For-profit39$3,042$570 – $5,299
Government52$1,027$656 – $4,015
Non-profit277$3,042$662 – $5,113
System affiliation
Part of a system307$3,098$715 – $5,113
Independent61$937$614 – $3,257

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,516
Median cash price$2,971
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

228 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,457 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,490; most fall between $638 and $5,113.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 228 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$406$672$2,457$4,885$6,700

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($406 vs $6,700).

Of the 247 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 228 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

368 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 409 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted368
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code409

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Incision Flexor Tendon Sheath Wrist.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Release of a flexor tendon sheath at the wrist (CPT 25001) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25001-release-of-a-flexor-tendon-sheath-at-the-wrist