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Release Of A Tight Wrist Tendon Sheath

Utah rates for HCPCS 25000

This surgery opens the covering, or sheath, that surrounds a tendon at the wrist to relieve tightness, swelling, or irritation that has been restricting the tendon's movement. A common reason for this procedure is a painful condition affecting the thumb-side tendons of the wrist, sometimes called De Quervain's tenosynovitis. Releasing the sheath gives the tendon more room to glide smoothly, reducing pain and improving motion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release Of A Tight Wrist Tendon Sheath cost?

$4,369

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$355 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,344 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,762Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$776.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in South Carolina than in Montana. 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

Utah· 22nd of 50

$4,369

$479 physician + $3,890 facility

SC $7,984MT $1,049

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.