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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Oklahoma 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $6,607.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $9,120
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 15th of 50

$4,467

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.