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Procedure price report · Decompression peripheral nerve

Endoscopic carpal tunnel release

CPT 29848the billing code this page is about

Surgery through a small incision using a camera to cut the band of tissue over the wrist nerve and relieve carpal tunnel pressure.

Hospitals typically charge $2,369 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 713 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,589. Most fall between $1,057 and $4,939 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
713
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 713 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
$774$1,230$2,369$4,578$8,404

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($774 vs $8,404).

How the prices are spread

$541 – $746: 31 hospitals$541$746 – $1,029: 73 hospitals$1,029 – $1,420: 79 hospitals$1,029$1,420 – $1,959: 106 hospitals$1,959 – $2,703: 86 hospitals$1,959$2,703 – $3,729: 82 hospitals$3,729 – $5,144: 91 hospitals$3,729$5,144 – $7,096: 41 hospitals$7,096 – $9,790: 30 hospitals$7,096$9,790 – $13,506: 24 hospitals$9,790median $2,369price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (643 of 713 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$541$74631
$746$1,02973
$1,029$1,42079
$1,420$1,959106
$1,959$2,70386
$2,703$3,72982
$3,729$5,14491
$5,144$7,09641
$7,096$9,79030
$9,790$13,50624

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$2,369
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.44×

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 $2,369.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 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 $1,267 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,267Idaho: median $3,644 across 14 hospitalsID$3,644Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,114 across 31 hospitalsMN$2,114Illinois: median $1,564 across 26 hospitalsIL$1,564Wisconsin: median $2,702 across 26 hospitalsWI$2,702Michigan: median $992 across 32 hospitalsMI$992New York: median $1,894 across 49 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,691 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,691Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $1,256 across 34 hospitalsIA$1,256Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,902 across 26 hospitalsOH$1,902Pennsylvania: median $1,876 across 27 hospitalsPA$1,876New Jersey: median $2,136 across 34 hospitalsNJ$2,136Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,453 across 51 hospitalsCA$3,453Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,600 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,600Nebraska: median $1,699 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,699Missouri: median $3,584 across 22 hospitalsMO$3,584Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,381 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,381Virginia: median $3,149 across 11 hospitalsVA$3,149Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,460 across 19 hospitalsKS$2,460Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,010 across 12 hospitalsTN$2,010North Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,075 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,075Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $13,882 across 11 hospitalsGA$13,882Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,676 across 37 hospitalsTX$3,676Florida: median $1,661 across 19 hospitalsFL$1,661
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,369. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$13,882+486%$3,420 – $13,882
Texas TX37$3,676+55%$2,416 – $3,798
Idaho ID14$3,644+54%$1,859 – $5,201
Missouri MO22$3,584+51%$832 – $7,311
California CA51$3,453+46%$1,588 – $4,939
Virginia VA11$3,149+33%$346 – $7,526
Wisconsin WI26$2,702+14%$2,565 – $2,702
Kansas KS19$2,460+4%$732 – $3,500
New Jersey NJ34$2,136−10%$1,771 – $5,419
Minnesota MN31$2,114−11%$1,297 – $3,182
Tennessee TN12$2,010−15%$662 – $4,880
Ohio OH26$1,902−20%$1,253 – $15,490
New York NY49$1,894−20%$1,219 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA27$1,876−21%$314 – $16,055
Nebraska NE15$1,699−28%$1,277 – $2,580
Oregon OR19$1,691−29%$963 – $2,359
Florida FL19$1,661−30%$1,539 – $9,454
Colorado CO11$1,600−32%$890 – $3,520
Illinois IL26$1,564−34%$946 – $10,931
West Virginia WV17$1,381−42%$541 – $2,798
Washington WA15$1,267−47%$963 – $2,987
Iowa IA34$1,256−47%$1,034 – $1,713
Oklahoma OK16$1,075−55%$1,075 – $3,306
Michigan MI32$992−58%$897 – $2,702
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $2,369.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care536$2,565$1,156 – $5,278
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access167$1,575$872 – $3,500
Ownership
For-profit82$3,519$1,544 – $8,049
Government122$1,657$1,000 – $3,900
Non-profit507$2,416$963 – $4,939
System affiliation
Part of a system555$2,565$1,075 – $4,975
Independent158$1,710$890 – $3,940

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,616
Median cash price$2,369
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

345 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,600 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,037; most fall between $872 and $3,798.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 345 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
$561$972$1,600$3,470$4,939

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($561 vs $4,939).

Of the 380 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 345 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 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

713 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 785 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted713
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code785

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 Decompression peripheral nerve family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Wrist Arthroscop,Release Xvers Lig.

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, “Endoscopic carpal tunnel release (CPT 29848) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29848-endoscopic-carpal-tunnel-release