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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

First-time repair of one flexor tendon or muscle at wrist

CPT 25260the billing code this page is about

Initial surgical repair of a torn flexor tendon or muscle in the forearm or wrist; the charge applies to each tendon or muscle repaired.

Hospitals typically charge $3,208 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,097 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,307. Most fall between $1,331 and $5,925 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,097
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,097 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$904$1,569$3,208$5,317$8,241

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($904 vs $8,241).

How the prices are spread

$692 – $911: 61 hospitals$692$911 – $1,197: 85 hospitals$1,197 – $1,575: 87 hospitals$1,197$1,575 – $2,071: 92 hospitals$2,071 – $2,723: 100 hospitals$2,071$2,723 – $3,581: 133 hospitals$3,581 – $4,710: 124 hospitals$3,581$4,710 – $6,193: 159 hospitals$6,193 – $8,145: 89 hospitals$6,193$8,145 – $10,711: 62 hospitals$8,145median $3,208price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (992 of 1,097 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$692$91161
$911$1,19785
$1,197$1,57587
$1,575$2,07192
$2,071$2,723100
$2,723$3,581133
$3,581$4,710124
$4,710$6,193159
$6,193$8,14589
$8,145$10,71162

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,208
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,208.

Alaska: median $5,269 across 11 hospitalsAK$5,269Maine: median $2,345 across 13 hospitalsME$2,345Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $903 across 10 hospitalsNH$903Washington: median $2,210 across 36 hospitalsWA$2,210Idaho: median $3,300 across 14 hospitalsID$3,300Montana: median $1,528 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,528North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,485 across 31 hospitalsMN$2,485Illinois: median $3,241 across 33 hospitalsIL$3,241Wisconsin: median $3,208 across 41 hospitalsWI$3,208Michigan: median $1,569 across 42 hospitalsMI$1,569New York: median $3,986 across 57 hospitalsNY$3,986Massachusetts: median $6,412 across 18 hospitalsMA$6,412Oregon: median $2,109 across 34 hospitalsOR$2,109Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,555 across 34 hospitalsIA$1,555Indiana: median $728 across 10 hospitalsIN$728Ohio: median $3,752 across 41 hospitalsOH$3,752Pennsylvania: median $4,319 across 52 hospitalsPA$4,319New Jersey: median $4,233 across 25 hospitalsNJ$4,233Connecticut: median $3,288 across 10 hospitalsCT$3,288Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,917 across 97 hospitalsCA$4,917Utah: median $1,003 across 22 hospitalsUT$1,003Colorado: median $2,947 across 21 hospitalsCO$2,947Nebraska: median $2,265 across 28 hospitalsNE$2,265Missouri: median $2,108 across 28 hospitalsMO$2,108Kentucky: median $1,370 across 11 hospitalsKY$1,370West Virginia: median $988 across 16 hospitalsWV$988Virginia: median $2,930 across 36 hospitalsVA$2,930Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,832 across 24 hospitalsKS$1,832Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $692 across 13 hospitalsTN$692North Carolina: median $2,242 across 23 hospitalsNC$2,242South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,051 across 23 hospitalsOK$1,051Louisiana: median $2,831 across 21 hospitalsLA$2,831Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,170 across 15 hospitalsAL$3,170Georgia: median $4,018 across 20 hospitalsGA$4,018Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,871 across 74 hospitalsTX$4,871Florida: median $2,068 across 29 hospitalsFL$2,068
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,208. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA18$6,412+100%$2,884 – $8,158
Alaska AK11$5,269+64%$2,898 – $11,228
California CA97$4,917+53%$2,403 – $6,640
Texas TX74$4,871+52%$2,025 – $7,223
Pennsylvania PA52$4,319+35%$979 – $9,332
New Jersey NJ25$4,233+32%$3,591 – $5,741
Georgia GA20$4,018+25%$2,245 – $8,241
New York NY57$3,986+24%$1,910 – $8,442
Ohio OH41$3,752+17%$2,090 – $6,062
Idaho ID14$3,300+3%$1,077 – $8,372
Connecticut CT10$3,288+3%$1,578 – $5,052
Illinois IL33$3,241+1%$1,078 – $5,925
Wisconsin WI41$3,2080%$3,183 – $5,207
Alabama AL15$3,170−1%$1,624 – $9,687
Colorado CO21$2,947−8%$1,097 – $8,676
Virginia VA36$2,930−9%$2,143 – $4,136
Louisiana LA21$2,831−12%$1,446 – $4,269
Minnesota MN31$2,485−23%$1,892 – $3,696
Maine ME13$2,345−27%$1,134 – $3,587
Nebraska NE28$2,265−29%$1,400 – $3,160
North Carolina NC23$2,242−30%$1,289 – $4,542
Washington WA36$2,210−31%$1,193 – $6,876
Oregon OR34$2,109−34%$1,193 – $5,261
Missouri MO28$2,108−34%$1,022 – $5,081
Florida FL29$2,068−36%$2,068 – $5,100
Kansas KS24$1,832−43%$910 – $3,090
Michigan MI42$1,569−51%$1,402 – $5,164
Iowa IA34$1,555−52%$1,029 – $3,248
Montana MT10$1,528−52%$389 – $1,965
Kentucky KY11$1,370−57%$728 – $1,876
Oklahoma OK23$1,051−67%$1,051 – $3,280
Utah UT22$1,003−69%$881 – $4,744
West Virginia WV16$988−69%$668 – $5,354
New Hampshire NH10$903−72%$506 – $2,014
Indiana IN10$728−77%$728 – $2,664
Tennessee TN13$692−78%$619 – $1,152
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,208.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care825$3,591$1,555 – $6,412
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access256$1,965$997 – $4,331
Ownership
For-profit106$3,752$1,241 – $8,372
Government184$2,108$1,139 – $4,039
Non-profit807$3,282$1,473 – $5,814
System affiliation
Part of a system876$3,386$1,478 – $6,246
Independent221$2,109$1,079 – $4,534

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,164
Median cash price$3,208
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

787 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,317 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,593; most fall between $1,402 and $6,404.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 787 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$927$1,742$3,317$5,813$8,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($927 vs $8,372).

Of the 858 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 787 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 38 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,097 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,197 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,097
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code1,197

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rpr Tdn/Musc Flxr F/Arm&/Wrst Prim 1 Ea Tdn/Mu.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “First-time repair of one flexor tendon or muscle at wrist (CPT 25260) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25260-first-time-repair-of-one-flexor-tendon-or-muscle-at-wrist