Outpatient procedure · APC 5431 · Surgery or procedure

Level 1 Nerve Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,774 per procedure at 1,588 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,658 and $1,852.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $1,774
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $1,658–$1,852
Medicare’s share: $1,40779% of the payment
Average billed charge: $12,341
Hospitals reporting: 1,588126,874 procedures

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1,570 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1,551–1,570. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 1 Nerve Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena, CA · CCN 050013	25	$2,478	40% above the national average	$1,972	$24,702
Sky Lakes Medical CenterKlamath Falls, OR · CCN 380050	46	$2,511	42% above the national average	$2,000	$7,752
Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah, CA · CCN 050301	142	$2,542	43% above the national average	$2,026	$9,028
St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff, CA · CCN 050042	19	$2,542	43% above the national average	$2,026	$18,064
Adventist Health SonoraSonora, CA · CCN 050335	210	$2,542	43% above the national average	$2,023	$12,906
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CA · CCN 050007	41	$2,558	44% above the national average	$2,038	$16,653
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center Of Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA · CCN 050714	66	$2,580	45% above the national average	$2,055	$16,310
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento, CA · CCN 050108	26	$2,621	48% above the national average	$2,072	$11,579
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CA · CCN 050038	14	$2,622	48% above the national average	$2,075	$14,719
UCSF Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050457	19	$2,644	49% above the national average	$2,083	$13,010
Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · CCN 050441 · +$189 outlier payments per case	481	$2,658	50% above the national average	$2,114	$31,922
Alameda HospitalAlameda, CA · CCN 050211	49	$2,681	51% above the national average	$2,127	$14,153
Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez, CA · CCN 050276 · +$2,658 outlier payments per case	22	$2,689	52% above the national average	$2,131	$10,987
MarinHealth Medical CenterGreenbrae, CA · CCN 050360	83	$2,697	52% above the national average	$2,146	$48,393
UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050454 · +$272 outlier payments per case	388	$2,702	52% above the national average	$2,149	$23,118
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa, CA · CCN 050174	38	$2,704	52% above the national average	$2,150	$20,224
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton, CA · CCN 050283	109	$2,719	53% above the national average	$2,165	$18,045
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City, CA · CCN 050197	16	$2,719	53% above the national average	$2,164	$25,900
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma CenterSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050228	15	$2,760	56% above the national average	$2,195	$33,387
California Pacific Medical Center-Davies Campus HospitalSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050008	31	$2,760	56% above the national average	$2,193	$22,936

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 140,451 procedures at 1,754 hospitals · 2021: 155,235 procedures at 1,800 hospitals · 2022: 150,490 procedures at 1,779 hospitals · 2023: 128,117 procedures at 1,694 hospitals · 2024: 126,874 procedures at 1,588 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 1 Nerve Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$1,652	$10K
2021	$1,703	$10K
2022	$1,728	$11K
2023	$1,711	$12K
2024	$1,774	$12K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 1 Nerve Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	693	$946	$812–$1,044
Mississippi	15	973	$1,461	$1,551–$1,652
Tennessee	27	1,886	$1,497	$1,592–$1,658
Alabama	22	1,825	$1,568	$1,557–$1,650
West Virginia	20	2,466	$1,580	$1,585–$1,674
South Carolina	28	2,158	$1,581	$1,618–$1,666
Louisiana	30	3,223	$1,602	$1,604–$1,635
Ohio	103	7,504	$1,609	$1,633–$1,684
Oklahoma	34	4,247	$1,641	$1,628–$1,664
Nebraska	13	1,187	$1,652	$1,664–$1,753
Iowa	23	1,512	$1,654	$1,639–$1,747
Arkansas	25	2,752	$1,661	$1,612–$1,737
Kansas	30	2,656	$1,662	$1,645–$1,737
Kentucky	34	1,800	$1,663	$1,631–$1,706
Missouri	48	5,672	$1,664	$1,654–$1,739
Michigan	61	3,440	$1,680	$1,649–$1,757
Georgia	47	1,867	$1,682	$1,640–$1,784
Texas	129	10,336	$1,685	$1,668–$1,743
Virginia	43	3,266	$1,694	$1,651–$1,780
North Carolina	52	3,699	$1,695	$1,675–$1,735
Idaho	13	1,564	$1,715	$1,720–$1,826
Pennsylvania	88	6,968	$1,718	$1,722–$1,837
Utah	17	1,339	$1,721	$1,717–$1,730
Florida	61	4,045	$1,725	$1,721–$1,749
Indiana	46	2,915	$1,727	$1,715–$1,758
Maine	12	917	$1,754	$1,657–$1,789
Wisconsin	53	4,495	$1,761	$1,730–$1,802
New Hampshire	10	953	$1,768	$1,818–$1,884
New Mexico	13	1,039	$1,778	$1,681–$1,801
Illinois	71	5,306	$1,808	$1,781–$1,833
South Dakota	13	2,403	$1,821	$1,800–$1,915
North Dakota	6	835	$1,825	$1,810–$1,891
Montana	9	743	$1,832	$1,810–$1,926
Colorado	22	1,287	$1,845	$1,838–$1,843
Wyoming	5	317	$1,859	$1,914–$1,939
Arizona	24	2,090	$1,888	$1,868–$1,913
Minnesota	29	2,657	$1,896	$1,816–$1,925
Delaware	5	206	$1,923	$1,937–$1,937
Rhode Island	5	316	$1,932	$1,918–$1,959
District of Columbia	5	148	$1,965	$1,976–$1,976
Washington	31	2,494	$1,979	$1,938–$2,039
New Jersey	32	1,940	$2,031	$1,969–$2,079
New York	69	5,029	$2,051	$2,018–$2,175
Nevada	6	269	$2,064	$2,058–$2,068
Oregon	18	650	$2,066	$1,940–$2,089
Massachusetts	48	5,722	$2,067	$2,054–$2,074
Alaska	3	140	$2,101	$2,031–$2,128
Connecticut	13	413	$2,143	$2,150–$2,174
Hawaii	5	135	$2,246	$2,221–$2,378
California	66	6,377	$2,395	$2,374–$2,542

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.