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Removal of Inflamed Tendon Lining at the Wrist

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 25116

Removes thickened, inflamed lining from the tendon sheaths and bursa around the wrist and forearm through an incision. The diseased lining is cleared away thoroughly, leaving the tendons themselves in place. It is used when long-standing inflammation — from rheumatoid arthritis or a chronic infection, for example — has swollen the sheaths and put the tendons at risk of fraying or snapping.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Inflamed Tendon Lining at the Wrist cost?

$3,951

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,122 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,549 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $1,380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Colorado 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$3,951

$1,380 physician + $2,570 facility

CO $7,037MT $1,954

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.