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Repair of a Cut Tendon on the Back of the Forearm

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 25270

Stitches back together a torn or cut tendon or muscle on the back of the forearm or wrist — the group that straightens the wrist and fingers. It is done soon after the injury, while the tendon ends can still be brought together directly. It covers one tendon; if more than one is repaired, each is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of a Cut Tendon on the Back of the Forearm cost?

$3,530

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,530 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$562 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,820 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,607Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $468 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $646

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
$630.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.5 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

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$3,530

$646 physician + $2,884 facility

WI $7,285MT $1,607

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.