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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

Nebraska 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?

$4,077

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,077 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,259$1,023 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,905 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,259

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$4,077

$1,259 physician + $2,818 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.