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Repair of a Cut Tendon on the Back of the Forearm

Michigan 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?

$3,173

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$661$589 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,778 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,898Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $661

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
$870.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
12 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
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$3,173

$661 physician + $2,512 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.