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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Iowa 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?

$3,631

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,072 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,913Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,239
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $977

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 25th of 50

$3,631

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.