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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Kentucky 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?

$2,474

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,474 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$407 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$955 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,128Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $479

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
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,370.32
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
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
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$2,474

$479 physician + $1,995 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.