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Forearm Muscle Release With Tendon Transfer

Alabama rates for HCPCS 25316

Releases the tightened muscles that bend the wrist and fingers by sliding their attachment down off the forearm bone, and also moves one or more tendons to a new attachment so that working muscles take over a lost function. It is used for a hand and wrist held permanently clenched, from conditions such as cerebral palsy or scarring after a severe forearm injury. The goal is a hand that can open, be kept clean, and be used for simple tasks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Forearm Muscle Release With Tendon Transfer cost?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$813 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$1,413 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $955 to $6,607Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $977

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
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in California 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$1,445

CA $5,012DE $912

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.