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Repair of a Cut Tendon on the Back of the Forearm

Minnesota 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?

$3,019

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,023$794 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$933 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,023

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 29th of 51

$3,019

$1,023 physician + $1,995 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.