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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

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

CPT 25270the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $2,740 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 911 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,893. Most fall between $1,002 and $5,861 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
911
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 911 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
$750$1,148$2,740$5,111$8,011

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($750 vs $8,011).

How the prices are spread

$544 – $735: 45 hospitals$544$735 – $992: 91 hospitals$992 – $1,339: 88 hospitals$992$1,339 – $1,808: 92 hospitals$1,808 – $2,441: 58 hospitals$1,808$2,441 – $3,296: 88 hospitals$3,296 – $4,450: 130 hospitals$3,296$4,450 – $6,008: 93 hospitals$6,008 – $8,111: 98 hospitals$6,008$8,111 – $10,951: 38 hospitals$8,111median $2,740price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (821 of 911 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$544$73545
$735$99291
$992$1,33988
$1,339$1,80892
$1,808$2,44158
$2,441$3,29688
$3,296$4,450130
$4,450$6,00893
$6,008$8,11198
$8,111$10,95138

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,740
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.82×

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 $2,740.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,830 across 33 hospitalsWA$3,830Idaho: median $4,140 across 13 hospitalsID$4,140Montana: median $1,534 across 12 hospitalsMT$1,534North Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,336 across 23 hospitalsMN$2,336Illinois: median $1,210 across 35 hospitalsIL$1,210Wisconsin: median $2,487 across 38 hospitalsWI$2,487Michigan: median $1,057 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,057New York: median $3,840 across 46 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: median $6,495 across 10 hospitalsMA$6,495Oregon: median $1,661 across 29 hospitalsOR$1,661Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,213 across 32 hospitalsIA$1,213Indiana: median $1,070 across 13 hospitalsIN$1,070Ohio: median $3,080 across 31 hospitalsOH$3,080Pennsylvania: median $3,948 across 45 hospitalsPA$3,948New Jersey: median $3,986 across 29 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,010 across 83 hospitalsCA$4,010Utah: median $903 across 16 hospitalsUT$903Colorado: median $3,561 across 18 hospitalsCO$3,561Nebraska: median $1,869 across 31 hospitalsNE$1,869Missouri: median $1,858 across 26 hospitalsMO$1,858Kentucky: median $1,344 across 11 hospitalsKY$1,344West Virginia: median $801 across 16 hospitalsWV$801Virginia: median $5,111 across 23 hospitalsVA$5,111Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $872 across 14 hospitalsKS$872Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $821 across 17 hospitalsOK$821Louisiana: median $2,523 across 15 hospitalsLA$2,523Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $2,920 across 10 hospitalsAL$2,920Georgia: median $7,811 across 13 hospitalsGA$7,811Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,802 across 54 hospitalsTX$4,802Florida: median $1,881 across 23 hospitalsFL$1,881
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,740. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA13$7,811+185%$3,158 – $7,811
Massachusetts MA10$6,495+137%$2,884 – $8,158
Virginia VA23$5,111+86%$4,132 – $6,549
Texas TX54$4,802+75%$3,050 – $8,011
Idaho ID13$4,140+51%$1,377 – $8,372
California CA83$4,010+46%$1,472 – $6,866
New Jersey NJ29$3,986+45%$3,591 – $5,741
Pennsylvania PA45$3,948+44%$382 – $5,693
New York NY46$3,840+40%$1,856 – $7,020
Washington WA33$3,830+40%$1,101 – $8,670
Colorado CO18$3,561+30%$706 – $8,676
Ohio OH31$3,080+12%$1,229 – $5,305
Alabama AL10$2,920+7%$1,380 – $5,299
Louisiana LA15$2,523−8%$992 – $4,792
Wisconsin WI38$2,487−9%$2,445 – $3,615
Minnesota MN23$2,336−15%$1,017 – $2,740
Florida FL23$1,881−31%$1,881 – $5,861
Nebraska NE31$1,869−32%$1,135 – $3,933
Missouri MO26$1,858−32%$797 – $3,329
Oregon OR29$1,661−39%$931 – $2,746
Montana MT12$1,534−44%$564 – $4,108
Kentucky KY11$1,344−51%$610 – $1,876
Iowa IA32$1,213−56%$898 – $4,232
Illinois IL35$1,210−56%$610 – $4,938
Indiana IN13$1,070−61%$610 – $5,329
Michigan MI35$1,057−61%$849 – $3,077
Utah UT16$903−67%$831 – $1,003
Kansas KS14$872−68%$254 – $3,791
Oklahoma OK17$821−70%$821 – $1,390
West Virginia WV16$801−71%$525 – $4,725
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $2,740.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care675$3,591$1,112 – $6,549
Children’s24$4,863$1,380 – $16,355
Critical access211$1,323$793 – $2,886
Ownership
For-profit83$4,042$1,169 – $9,086
Government147$1,620$910 – $4,269
Non-profit680$2,740$1,002 – $5,855
System affiliation
Part of a system717$3,127$1,057 – $6,495
Independent194$1,711$828 – $4,400

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,114
Median cash price$2,740
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

597 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,131 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,224; most fall between $1,003 and $6,549.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 597 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
$794$1,241$3,131$5,466$8,011

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($794 vs $8,011).

Of the 660 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 597 gave a usable cash price; 29 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

911 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,011 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted911
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here53
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code1,011

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 Xtnsr F/Arm&/Wrist Prim 1 Ea Tdn.

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 extensor tendon or muscle at wrist (CPT 25270) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25270-first-time-repair-of-one-extensor-tendon-or-muscle-at-wrist