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Cutting a Tight Tendon in the Forearm or Wrist

Washington 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?

$1,122

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $708 to $7,943.

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 $1,122 · 10th to 90th $537 to $13,183
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,122

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
$794.33
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$18,620.87

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 42nd of 50

$1,122

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.