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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Minnesota 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?

$2,690

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,690 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$912$708 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$832 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,943Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $912

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 34th of 51

$2,690

$912 physician + $1,778 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.