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Repair of a Cut Tendon on the Back of the Forearm

Nevada 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?

$3,133

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 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$562$479 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,660 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $5,495Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $389 to $891
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $562

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
$524.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 51

$3,133

$562 physician + $2,570 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.