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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Idaho 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 October 2026.

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

$3,033

Typical total for the visit. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$692 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,820 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,318Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $550 to $977
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $794

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
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$19,054.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$5,248.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
7 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
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Wisconsin 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

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$3,033

$794 physician + $2,239 facility

WI $7,200MT $1,432

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.