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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Iowa 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?

$5,789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$575 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,913Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $891

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 50

$5,789

$891 physician + $4,898 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.