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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 July 2026.

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

$3,631

Typical facility fee. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 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 $3,631 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,511
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,631

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
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kansas $3,631 · 26th of 50
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.