How much does carpal tunnel release cost in California?
CPT 64721 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
64721 Carpal tunnel release
Ask to pay
$2,366
This is the local cash / self-pay price — usually the best rate you can ask for.
Typical
$3,525
Medicare $1,953
Ask $2,366
$32 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $24,185
What Medicare paysⓘ
$1,953
Typical price near you
$3,525
Cash / self-pay price
$2,366
Prices near you — 87 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $32cash | 0.0× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $303cash | 0.2× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $418cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $568negotiated | 0.3× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $579negotiated | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $792cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $897cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $992cash | 0.5× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $1,064cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $1,064cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $1,064cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $1,064cash | 0.5× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $1,064cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $1,089cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $1,092cash | 0.6× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $1,099cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $1,137cash | 0.6× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $1,157cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $1,170cash | 0.6× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $1,243cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $2,276cash | 1.2× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $2,296negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $2,360negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $2,366cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $2,481negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $2,512negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $2,566negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $2,643negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $2,729negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $2,729negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $2,771negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $2,864negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $3,089negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $3,333cash | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $3,441negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $3,609cash | 1.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $3,609cash | 1.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $3,609cash | 1.8× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $3,642negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $3,642negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $3,642negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $3,642negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $3,660negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $3,684negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $3,893cash | 2.0× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $4,046cash | 2.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $4,148negotiated | 2.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $4,221negotiated | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $4,370negotiated | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $4,599cash | 2.4× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $4,599cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $4,736negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $4,827negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $4,827negotiated | 2.5× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $4,988negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $4,988negotiated | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $5,068negotiated | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $5,068negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $5,068negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $5,147negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $5,309cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $5,309cash | 2.7× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $5,309cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $5,312negotiated | 2.7× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $5,713negotiated | 2.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $5,740negotiated | 2.9× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $5,790cash | 3.0× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $5,790cash | 3.0× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $6,402cash | 3.3× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $6,837cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $6,837cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $7,318negotiated | 3.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $8,204negotiated | 4.2× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $8,270negotiated | 4.2× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $9,049negotiated | 4.6× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $9,432cash | 4.8× | — |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) gross charge | Hospital | $23,711cash | 12.1× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) gross charge | Hospital | $23,722cash | 12.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $24,185cash | 12.4× | ★★★★★ |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 7 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 64721 (Carpal tunnel release), Medicare's benchmark rate is $1,952.77. A fair self-pay target for this line is $2,366.00. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 64721 is $2,366.00, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $2,276.12–$5,067.50. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 64721 cost in California?
For carpal tunnel release (CPT 64721) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $3,525, with hospitals ranging from $2,276 to $5,068 across 87 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $1,953, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does carpal tunnel release cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for carpal tunnel release (CPT 64721) in California is around $3,525, with hospital prices ranging from $2,276 to $5,068 across 87 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 64721?
Medicare pays about $1,953 for carpal tunnel release (CPT 64721). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of carpal tunnel release?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.