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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

South Dakota 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?

$2,887

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,887 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$661 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$813 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,399Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 27th of 51

$2,887

$891 physician + $1,995 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.