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Carpal tunnel release at Swedish Medical Center First Hill.

📍 Seattle, WA 4/5 CMS rating CPT 29848
Cash-pay price
$1,792
Swedish Medical Center First Hill is around the national median (-4%) for carpal tunnel release.
Chargemaster (gross): $3,734

Insurance rates.

Each row is the range of rates Swedish Medical Center First Hill negotiated with that payer's plans. Your specific rate depends on your plan.

PayerRange
Aetna$5,063 – $6,651
Blue Cross Blue Shield$3,352 – $5,742
Kaiser Permanente$2,793
UnitedHealthcare$5,647 – $7,898
Cigna$7,277
Medicare$1,862 – $2,234

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Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025 · 411 completed surveys.

Measure This hospital Network avg Δ
HCAHPS overall star rating 3/5 2.8/5 +0.2
Would definitely recommend 75% 69.6% +5pp
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 71% 68.6% +2pp
Nurses always communicated well 78% 75.6% +2pp
Doctors always communicated well 79% 76.6% +2pp
Given clear info about recovery 89% 84.4% +5pp
Room and bathroom always clean 72% 68.6% +3pp
Staff always explained meds 56% 57.6% -2pp
Quiet at night, always 44% 52.2% -8pp

About this price.

This price comes directly from Swedish Medical Center First Hill's machine-readable file (MRF), which the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50) requires every US hospital to publish. We download it, parse the row for CPT 29848, and show you the dollar amount as published.

The cash-pay number is what an uninsured patient would be charged. Insurance-negotiated rates vary by payer and plan — see the table above for the range, or use the comparison tool for plan-specific numbers.

For a national view of carpal tunnel release prices, see the Carpal tunnel release overview.