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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 25272

Surgical repair of a tendon in the forearm or wrist that helps straighten the fingers or wrist, performed as a follow-up procedure after an earlier injury or a repair that did not heal properly. The tendon ends are brought back together and stitched directly, without using a tissue graft to bridge a gap. It addresses a single tendon.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon cost?

$2,503

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,503 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$603 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,445 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $4,169Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $562 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $724

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
$660.69
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Oklahoma 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

Arkansas· 45th of 51

$2,503

$724 physician + $1,778 facility

OK $7,594MT $1,845

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.