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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Michigan 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?

$2,880

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$589$525 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,778 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,677Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $589

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
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
12 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
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 51

$2,880

$589 physician + $2,291 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.