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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Georgia 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?

$2,614

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$794$692 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$955 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,166Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $794

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
$912.01
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$2,614

$794 physician + $1,820 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.