Surgery and procedures CPT 64721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Carpal tunnel release cost in Duluth, MN — inpatient

In Duluth, MN-WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for carpal tunnel release, open surgery as an inpatient: from $1,558.56 to $1,558.56, with a median of $1,558.56. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,558.56 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,558.56Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
Median$1,558.56half pay less
Highest$1,558.56in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Duluth, MN-WI.

median
Lowest $1,558.56Highest $2,337.84
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 NEUROPLASTY &/TRANSPOS MEDIAN NRV CARPAL TUNNE $1,558.56 $2,865.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Carpal Tunnel Surgery $1,558.56 $2,865.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Carpal Tunnel Surgery|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $2,337.84 $4,297.50 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,558.56, median $1,558.56, highest $1,558.56.

Both sides : lowest $2,337.84, median $2,337.84, highest $2,337.84.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,950.30 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Carpal tunnel release cuts the ligament across the palm side of the wrist to take pressure off the median nerve. It is done for numbness, tingling and weakness in the hand that do not improve with splints or injections.

What the price covers

The facility price usually covers the operating or procedure room and recovery. The surgeon and any anesthesia or sedation are billed separately.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64721 ($2,250.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MNAS REVISE MEDIAN N/CARPAL TUNNEL SURG $38.25 file