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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

California 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 July 2026.

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

$8,138

Typical total for the visit. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,138 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$550 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$5,012 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $15,849Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where California sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

California· 6th of 50

$8,138

$724 physician + $7,413 facility

IN $10,835WV $1,138

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.