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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 July 2026.

How much does Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist cost?

$871

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $1,072.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $589 to $11,220Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $871professional $912

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
$1,071.52
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 44th of 50

$871

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.