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Procedure price report · Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage

Surgery to release a tight wrist joint capsule

CPT 25085the billing code this page is about

Open procedure in which the fibrous capsule surrounding the wrist joint is cut to improve motion.

Hospitals typically charge $2,255 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 324 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,391. Most fall between $821 and $4,636 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
324
States
41
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 324 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
$559$887$2,255$4,171$8,868

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($559 vs $8,868).

How the prices are spread

$429 – $583: 23 hospitals$429$583 – $791: 22 hospitals$791 – $1,073: 31 hospitals$791$1,073 – $1,457: 35 hospitals$1,457 – $1,977: 30 hospitals$1,457$1,977 – $2,683: 16 hospitals$2,683 – $3,642: 40 hospitals$2,683$3,642 – $4,943: 49 hospitals$4,943 – $6,709: 19 hospitals$4,943$6,709 – $9,106: 35 hospitals$6,709median $2,255price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (300 of 324 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$429$58323
$583$79122
$791$1,07331
$1,073$1,45735
$1,457$1,97730
$1,977$2,68316
$2,683$3,64240
$3,642$4,94349
$4,943$6,70919
$6,709$9,10635

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,255
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.67×

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 $2,255.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,232 across 12 hospitalsMN$3,232Illinois: median $830 across 11 hospitalsIL$830Wisconsin: median $2,255 across 10 hospitalsWI$2,255Michigan: median $1,351 across 12 hospitalsMI$1,351New York: median $3,840 across 22 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $873 across 11 hospitalsOR$873Nevada: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,105 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,105Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,466 across 13 hospitalsOH$1,466Pennsylvania: median $3,139 across 19 hospitalsPA$3,139New Jersey: median $3,986 across 22 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,106 across 38 hospitalsCA$9,106Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 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 $746 across 12 hospitalsOK$746Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $2,778 across 22 hospitalsTX$2,778Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,255. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA38$9,106+304%$1,472 – $9,106
New Jersey NJ22$3,986+77%$3,591 – $5,419
New York NY22$3,840+70%$3,343 – $4,084
Minnesota MN12$3,232+43%$2,755 – $3,232
Pennsylvania PA19$3,139+39%$282 – $5,486
Texas TX22$2,778+23%$1,780 – $3,119
Wisconsin WI10$2,2550%$2,255 – $2,953
Ohio OH13$1,466−35%$918 – $2,052
Michigan MI12$1,351−40%$828 – $4,499
Iowa IA15$1,105−51%$1,105 – $1,105
Oregon OR11$873−61%$846 – $1,506
Illinois IL11$830−63%$559 – $1,183
Oklahoma OK12$746−67%$746 – $746
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $2,255.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care275$2,566$828 – $4,881
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access41$1,506$781 – $3,232
Ownership
For-profit36$2,778$746 – $5,299
Government42$1,306$821 – $3,840
Non-profit246$2,255$828 – $4,976
System affiliation
Part of a system259$2,461$846 – $5,038
Independent65$1,274$727 – $4,015

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,256
Median cash price$2,255
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

183 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,351 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,849; most fall between $746 and $6,114.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 183 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
$559$821$1,351$3,977$9,106

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($559 vs $9,106).

Of the 192 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 183 gave a usable cash price; 6 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

324 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 341 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted324
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here11
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 code341

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 Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Incision of Wrist Capsule.

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, “Surgery to release a tight wrist joint capsule (CPT 25085) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25085-surgery-to-release-a-tight-wrist-joint-capsule