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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 July 2026.

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

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $6,310.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,333
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311

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
$1,071.52
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,715.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 29th of 50

$3,311

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.