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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Oregon 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?

$1,684

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,684 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$617 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$813 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,943Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $871professional $813

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
$5,128.61
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
12 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
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,684

$813 physician + $871 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.