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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Michigan 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?

$3,253

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$741$676 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,778 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,898Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $741

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
$724.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
12 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
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 21st of 51

$3,253

$741 physician + $2,512 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.