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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Ohio 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?

$2,279

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,279 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$295 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,000 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,511Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $79 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $417

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
$1,174.90
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 47th of 51

$2,279

$417 physician + $1,862 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.