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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Kansas 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?

$4,958

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$513 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,905 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,918Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $692

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 7th of 51

$4,958

$692 physician + $4,266 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.