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Follow-Up Repair Of A Forearm Extensor Tendon

South Dakota 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?

$2,230

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$589 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$891 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $1,000

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 50

$2,230

$1,000 physician + $1,230 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.