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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

New Jersey 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?

$4,151

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,151 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$537 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,344 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,120Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $447 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $603

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
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$13,182.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
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
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$4,151

$603 physician + $3,548 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.