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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Kentucky 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?

$2,598

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$603$501 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,000 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,128Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $603

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
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,495.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 39th of 51

$2,598

$603 physician + $1,995 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.