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Wrist Joint Capsule Release

Vermont rates for HCPCS 25085

This procedure opens the tissue capsule that surrounds and encloses the wrist joint. It is done to relieve stiffness, tightness, or a contracture that is limiting the wrist's range of motion when other treatments such as therapy or splinting have not been enough. Opening the capsule allows the surgeon to loosen restricted tissue around the joint.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wrist Joint Capsule Release cost?

$550

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $537 to $617.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $468 to $794
$200$500$1Kprofessional $550

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Vermont· 40th of 51

$550

CA $4,266NM $457

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.