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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Forearm release of both compartments, with tissue removal

CPT 25025the billing code this page is about

Opening of the covering of both flexor and extensor muscle compartments of the forearm to relieve pressure, including cutting away damaged muscle or nerve tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $2,458 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 310 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,778. Most fall between $1,508 and $4,756 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
310
States
45
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 310 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
$1,274$1,771$2,458$4,664$7,890

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,274 vs $7,890).

How the prices are spread

$856 – $1,069: 4 hospitals$856$1,069 – $1,337: 16 hospitals$1,337 – $1,671: 33 hospitals$1,337$1,671 – $2,089: 59 hospitals$2,089 – $2,611: 35 hospitals$2,089$2,611 – $3,264: 30 hospitals$3,264 – $4,080: 27 hospitals$3,264$4,080 – $5,100: 37 hospitals$5,100 – $6,375: 18 hospitals$5,100$6,375 – $7,969: 24 hospitals$6,375median $2,458price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (283 of 310 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$856$1,0694
$1,069$1,33716
$1,337$1,67133
$1,671$2,08959
$2,089$2,61135
$2,611$3,26430
$3,264$4,08027
$4,080$5,10037
$5,100$6,37518
$6,375$7,96924

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$2,458
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.50×

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 $2,458.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,260 across 15 hospitalsIL$2,260Wisconsin: median $6,029 across 16 hospitalsWI$6,029Michigan: median $1,508 across 23 hospitalsMI$1,508New York: median $1,894 across 22 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,966 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,966Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,010 across 13 hospitalsOH$3,010Pennsylvania: median $935 across 17 hospitalsPA$935New Jersey: median $3,986 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,969 across 28 hospitalsCA$7,969Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,020 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,020Louisiana: 2 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,756 across 21 hospitalsTX$4,756Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,458. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$7,969+224%$3,014 – $7,969
Wisconsin WI16$6,029+145%$6,029 – $9,239
Texas TX21$4,756+93%$3,290 – $4,756
New Jersey NJ23$3,986+62%$1,771 – $5,741
Ohio OH13$3,010+22%$1,747 – $4,664
Iowa IA16$2,966+21%$2,966 – $2,966
Illinois IL15$2,260−8%$1,455 – $2,668
Oklahoma OK13$2,020−18%$2,020 – $3,263
New York NY22$1,894−23%$1,894 – $2,249
Michigan MI23$1,508−39%$1,508 – $2,211
Pennsylvania PA17$935−62%$762 – $2,706
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $2,458.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care252$2,269$1,508 – $4,756
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access50$3,168$1,508 – $5,455
Ownership
For-profit28$2,554$1,455 – $4,640
Government47$2,195$1,797 – $3,500
Non-profit235$2,668$1,508 – $5,110
System affiliation
Part of a system246$2,668$1,508 – $5,110
Independent64$2,254$1,520 – $3,910

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,862
Median cash price$2,458
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

184 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,513 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,820; most fall between $1,455 and $4,756.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 184 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
$1,274$1,709$2,513$4,436$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,274 vs $7,969).

Of the 202 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 184 gave a usable cash price; 14 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

310 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 343 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted310
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code343

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 Dcmprn Fasct F/Arm&/Wrst Flxr&Xtnsr 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, “Forearm release of both compartments, with tissue removal (CPT 25025) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25025-forearm-release-of-both-compartments-with-tissue-removal