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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Virginia 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?

$1,995

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $603 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,913Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $589

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 50

$1,995

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.