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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

California rates for HCPCS 25290

Through an incision, a tendon in the forearm or wrist that is too tight is deliberately divided to release the pull it is putting on the wrist or fingers. Releasing it lets a joint that was being held in a bent or twisted position straighten out. It covers a single tendon; if more than one is released, each is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist cost?

$7,244

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $10,471.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $15,849Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $851
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $513

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
$2,884.03
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,090.30
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where California sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

California· 4th of 50

$7,244

IN $9,550DE $437

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.