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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

New York 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?

$4,898

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,090 to $7,762.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $708 to $10,965
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898

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
$562.34
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where New York sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

New York· 13th of 50

$4,898

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.