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Ulnar Nerve Release At The Elbow

California rates for HCPCS 64718

This surgery relieves pressure on the ulnar nerve, often called the funny bone nerve, as it passes through a narrow tunnel at the elbow. The surgeon frees the nerve from surrounding tissue that has been compressing it, and may reposition it to a new location to prevent further irritation. Relieving this pressure can ease numbness, tingling, and weakness that affect the ring and little fingers and hand.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ulnar Nerve Release At The Elbow cost?

$2,720

Typical total for the visit. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 14 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$537 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$851 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,128Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where California sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

California· 26th of 51

$2,720

$631 physician + $2,089 facility

VT $8,399MD $1,739

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.