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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Minnesota 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?

$3,170

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 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$1,175$912 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,047 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,175

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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$3,170

$1,175 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.