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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon cost?

$1,983

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,983 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$550 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$741 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $550 to $8,710Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$1,983

$724 physician + $1,259 facility

IN $10,835WV $1,138

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.