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Forearm Compartment Release, Both Muscle Groups

California rates for HCPCS 25025

Emergency surgery to relieve dangerous pressure buildup in the forearm by cutting open the tough tissue layer encasing the muscles, releasing both the muscle group that bends the wrist and fingers and the group that straightens them. Muscle or nerve tissue that has already died from the pressure is removed at the same time. This is done for compartment syndrome, a condition where swelling inside the arm cuts off blood flow to the muscles and nerves.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Forearm Compartment Release, Both Muscle Groups cost?

$7,438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,148 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,981 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,607
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,026professional $1,413

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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeCalifornia $7,438 · 6th of 50
SC $9,667MD $1,847

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.