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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Release of pressure in forearm muscle compartment

CPT 25020the billing code this page is about

Surgery that cuts open the tight tissue covering forearm muscles to relieve dangerous pressure, without removing damaged muscle or nerve work.

Hospitals typically charge $1,804 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 486 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,043. Most fall between $1,075 and $4,025 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
486
States
47
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 486 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
$739$1,179$1,804$3,318$5,247

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($739 vs $5,247).

How the prices are spread

$586 – $743: 25 hospitals$586$743 – $943: 29 hospitals$943 – $1,195: 45 hospitals$943$1,195 – $1,516: 74 hospitals$1,516 – $1,923: 67 hospitals$1,516$1,923 – $2,438: 42 hospitals$2,438 – $3,092: 35 hospitals$2,438$3,092 – $3,921: 45 hospitals$3,921 – $4,973: 41 hospitals$3,921$4,973 – $6,307: 38 hospitals$4,973median $1,804price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (441 of 486 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$586$74325
$743$94329
$943$1,19545
$1,195$1,51674
$1,516$1,92367
$1,923$2,43842
$2,438$3,09235
$3,092$3,92145
$3,921$4,97341
$4,973$6,30738

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,804
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

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 $1,804.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,772 across 10 hospitalsWA$1,772Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,690 across 20 hospitalsMN$3,690Illinois: median $1,817 across 18 hospitalsIL$1,817Wisconsin: median $1,349 across 24 hospitalsWI$1,349Michigan: median $1,341 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,341New York: median $1,909 across 45 hospitalsNY$1,909Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,631 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,631Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 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 $1,569 across 24 hospitalsIA$1,569Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,576 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,576Pennsylvania: median $1,216 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,216New Jersey: median $3,786 across 26 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,247 across 32 hospitalsCA$5,247Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,146 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,146Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,236 across 14 hospitalsWV$1,236Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,196 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,196Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,183 across 28 hospitalsTX$3,183Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,804. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA32$5,247+191%$1,453 – $5,247
New Jersey NJ26$3,786+110%$1,771 – $5,419
Minnesota MN20$3,690+105%$1,306 – $4,846
Texas TX28$3,183+76%$1,252 – $3,183
New York NY45$1,909+6%$1,112 – $4,595
Illinois IL18$1,817+1%$618 – $2,423
Washington WA10$1,772−2%$1,035 – $2,167
Oregon OR19$1,631−10%$1,351 – $3,783
Ohio OH14$1,576−13%$1,035 – $2,292
Iowa IA24$1,569−13%$1,143 – $2,034
Wisconsin WI24$1,349−25%$1,349 – $3,318
Michigan MI28$1,341−26%$1,169 – $1,491
West Virginia WV14$1,236−31%$773 – $5,286
Pennsylvania PA19$1,216−33%$447 – $2,706
Oklahoma OK14$1,196−34%$1,196 – $3,263
Missouri MO11$1,146−36%$1,059 – $3,496
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,804.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care365$1,894$1,112 – $4,595
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access106$1,491$1,042 – $3,183
Ownership
For-profit42$1,751$991 – $4,636
Government89$1,605$940 – $2,245
Non-profit355$1,894$1,141 – $4,569
System affiliation
Part of a system378$1,894$1,142 – $4,595
Independent108$1,544$994 – $2,576

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,424
Median cash price$1,804
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

284 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,569 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,862; most fall between $1,082 and $3,274.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 284 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
$691$1,142$1,569$3,183$5,247

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($691 vs $5,247).

Of the 310 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 284 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

486 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 530 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted486
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code530

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 Dcmprn Fasct F/Arm&Wrst Flxr/Xtnsr W/O Dbrdmt.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Release of pressure in forearm muscle compartment (CPT 25020) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25020-release-of-pressure-in-forearm-muscle-compartment