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Procedure price report · Decompression peripheral nerve

Surgery to free or move the ulnar nerve at the elbow

CPT 64718the billing code this page is about

Open procedure to release the ulnar nerve where it passes the elbow, and reposition it if needed, to relieve pressure on the nerve.

Hospitals typically charge $2,360 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,086 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,794. Most fall between $1,130 and $6,664 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,086
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 1,086 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
$860$1,274$2,360$5,239$10,739

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($860 vs $10,739).

How the prices are spread

$660 – $902: 66 hospitals$660$902 – $1,232: 124 hospitals$1,232 – $1,683: 156 hospitals$1,232$1,683 – $2,299: 124 hospitals$2,299 – $3,141: 133 hospitals$2,299$3,141 – $4,292: 92 hospitals$4,292 – $5,863: 104 hospitals$4,292$5,863 – $8,010: 66 hospitals$8,010 – $10,943: 61 hospitals$8,010$10,943 – $14,951: 52 hospitals$10,943median $2,360price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (978 of 1,086 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$660$90266
$902$1,232124
$1,232$1,683156
$1,683$2,299124
$2,299$3,141133
$3,141$4,29292
$4,292$5,863104
$5,863$8,01066
$8,010$10,94361
$10,943$14,95152

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,995
Median cash price$2,360
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.18×

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 $2,360.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,081 across 10 hospitalsME$1,081Vermont: median $1,252 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,252New Hampshire: median $866 across 13 hospitalsNH$866Washington: median $1,290 across 28 hospitalsWA$1,290Idaho: median $3,174 across 20 hospitalsID$3,174Montana: median $1,250 across 13 hospitalsMT$1,250North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,160 across 45 hospitalsMN$2,160Illinois: median $1,875 across 43 hospitalsIL$1,875Wisconsin: median $2,602 across 40 hospitalsWI$2,602Michigan: median $1,937 across 46 hospitalsMI$1,937New York: median $2,311 across 59 hospitalsNY$2,311Massachusetts: median $4,915 across 14 hospitalsMA$4,915Oregon: median $1,786 across 27 hospitalsOR$1,786Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,461 across 55 hospitalsIA$1,461Indiana: median $2,664 across 30 hospitalsIN$2,664Ohio: median $9,012 across 51 hospitalsOH$9,012Pennsylvania: median $2,290 across 30 hospitalsPA$2,290New Jersey: median $2,486 across 34 hospitalsNJ$2,486Connecticut: 8 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 $2,499 across 64 hospitalsCA$2,499Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,475 across 22 hospitalsCO$1,475Nebraska: median $1,689 across 25 hospitalsNE$1,689Missouri: median $3,522 across 43 hospitalsMO$3,522Kentucky: median $1,140 across 13 hospitalsKY$1,140West Virginia: median $2,250 across 25 hospitalsWV$2,250Virginia: median $7,979 across 19 hospitalsVA$7,979Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,258 across 13 hospitalsAZ$3,258New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,498 across 33 hospitalsKS$1,498Arkansas: median $2,124 across 13 hospitalsAR$2,124Tennessee: median $4,934 across 19 hospitalsTN$4,934North Carolina: median $3,178 across 14 hospitalsNC$3,178South Carolina: median $3,424 across 11 hospitalsSC$3,424Oklahoma: median $1,262 across 19 hospitalsOK$1,262Louisiana: median $3,010 across 19 hospitalsLA$3,010Mississippi: median $3,893 across 14 hospitalsMS$3,893Alabama: median $2,000 across 17 hospitalsAL$2,000Georgia: median $1,274 across 14 hospitalsGA$1,274Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,154 across 44 hospitalsTX$4,154Florida: median $7,625 across 16 hospitalsFL$7,625
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,360. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH51$9,012+282%$1,838 – $16,921
Virginia VA19$7,979+238%$1,345 – $12,622
Florida FL16$7,625+223%$1,888 – $13,305
Tennessee TN19$4,934+109%$619 – $7,025
Massachusetts MA14$4,915+108%$1,697 – $12,684
Texas TX44$4,154+76%$1,952 – $7,158
Mississippi MS14$3,893+65%$1,870 – $8,256
Missouri MO43$3,522+49%$936 – $11,249
South Carolina SC11$3,424+45%$873 – $10,739
Arizona AZ13$3,258+38%$940 – $12,654
North Carolina NC14$3,178+35%$2,145 – $6,365
Idaho ID20$3,174+35%$1,223 – $5,383
Louisiana LA19$3,010+28%$2,159 – $5,881
Indiana IN30$2,664+13%$835 – $9,797
Wisconsin WI40$2,602+10%$1,817 – $3,103
California CA64$2,499+6%$957 – $7,090
New Jersey NJ34$2,486+5%$2,161 – $5,339
New York NY59$2,311−2%$1,114 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA30$2,290−3%$395 – $3,994
West Virginia WV25$2,250−5%$811 – $4,552
Minnesota MN45$2,160−8%$1,251 – $4,193
Arkansas AR13$2,124−10%$950 – $3,364
Alabama AL17$2,000−15%$1,666 – $8,659
Michigan MI46$1,937−18%$1,157 – $4,698
Illinois IL43$1,875−21%$939 – $10,356
Oregon OR27$1,786−24%$1,130 – $2,884
Nebraska NE25$1,689−28%$883 – $3,225
Kansas KS33$1,498−37%$860 – $2,764
Colorado CO22$1,475−38%$1,055 – $5,239
Iowa IA55$1,461−38%$1,250 – $2,954
Washington WA28$1,290−45%$1,130 – $4,841
Georgia GA14$1,274−46%$1,274 – $6,991
Oklahoma OK19$1,262−47%$1,262 – $7,331
Vermont VT10$1,252−47%$326 – $2,095
Montana MT13$1,250−47%$671 – $2,852
Kentucky KY13$1,140−52%$835 – $5,128
Maine ME10$1,081−54%$630 – $1,672
New Hampshire NH13$866−63%$457 – $1,540
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $2,360.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care738$2,802$1,262 – $8,117
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access328$1,638$979 – $3,476
Ownership
For-profit136$4,388$1,688 – $10,153
Government216$1,781$1,097 – $3,673
Non-profit732$2,438$1,116 – $6,776
System affiliation
Part of a system815$2,602$1,252 – $7,222
Independent271$1,775$979 – $3,506

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,385
Median cash price$2,360
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

481 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,600 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,907; most fall between $933 and $4,154.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 481 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
$671$1,022$1,600$3,294$5,383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($671 vs $5,383).

Of the 536 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 481 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 32 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,086 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (27%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,192 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,086
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here64
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code1,192

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 Revise Ulnar Nerve at Elbow.

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 free or move the ulnar nerve at the elbow (CPT 64718) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64718-surgery-to-free-or-move-the-ulnar-nerve-at-the-elbow