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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

South 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 October 2026.

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

$2,579

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$537$251 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,230 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,490Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $93 to $933
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $537

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
$645.65
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
11 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
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$2,579

$537 physician + $2,042 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.