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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Indiana 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?

$4,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$724$575 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,995 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $933 to $14,125Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $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
$524.81
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,677.35
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$4,893

$724 physician + $4,169 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.