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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Massachusetts 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?

$2,669

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,669 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$759 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$741 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,495
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $1,047

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,737.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
7 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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$2,669

$1,047 physician + $1,622 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.