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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 July 2026.

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

$9,355

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$646$550 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$1,148 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $646 to $20,417Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,175
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $646

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
$645.65
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where South 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

South Carolina· 2nd of 50

$9,355

$646 physician + $8,710 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.