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Tendon Repair in the Forearm or Wrist

Missouri rates for HCPCS 25260

Sews a torn tendon or muscle in the forearm or wrist back together so it can pull properly again and the hand regains its movement. It covers one tendon or muscle, so each further one repaired is counted separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tendon Repair in the Forearm or Wrist cost?

$4,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$741$661 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,862 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,913Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $741

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Wisconsin 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$4,053

$741 physician + $3,311 facility

WI $7,647MT $2,070

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.