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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

North Dakota 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?

$2,846

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$724 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$437 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,236Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 31st of 51

$2,846

$851 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.