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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Open cutting of a forearm or wrist tendon, one tendon

CPT 25290the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to cut a single flexor or extensor tendon in the forearm or wrist to release tightness; billed once for each tendon treated.

Hospitals typically charge $2,778 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 452 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,769. Most fall between $851 and $6,307 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
452
States
46
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 452 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
$640$920$2,778$5,337$9,440

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($640 vs $9,440).

How the prices are spread

$480 – $651: 24 hospitals$480$651 – $882: 47 hospitals$882 – $1,195: 64 hospitals$882$1,195 – $1,619: 32 hospitals$1,619 – $2,194: 13 hospitals$1,619$2,194 – $2,972: 55 hospitals$2,972 – $4,027: 56 hospitals$2,972$4,027 – $5,456: 33 hospitals$5,456 – $7,393: 48 hospitals$5,456$7,393 – $10,017: 36 hospitals$7,393median $2,778price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (408 of 452 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$480$65124
$651$88247
$882$1,19564
$1,195$1,61932
$1,619$2,19413
$2,194$2,97255
$2,972$4,02756
$4,027$5,45633
$5,456$7,39348
$7,393$10,01736

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,778
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.83×

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 $2,778.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,313 across 10 hospitalsWA$1,313Idaho: median $4,120 across 14 hospitalsID$4,120Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,357 across 18 hospitalsMN$3,357Illinois: median $806 across 18 hospitalsIL$806Wisconsin: median $2,811 across 28 hospitalsWI$2,811Michigan: median $896 across 27 hospitalsMI$896New York: median $3,343 across 32 hospitalsNY$3,343Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,074 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,074Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,412 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,412Pennsylvania: median $3,804 across 26 hospitalsPA$3,804New Jersey: median $4,350 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,806 across 35 hospitalsCA$9,806Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $726 across 14 hospitalsOK$726Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,778 across 23 hospitalsTX$2,778Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,778. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA35$9,806+253%$1,420 – $9,806
New Jersey NJ32$4,350+57%$3,594 – $7,807
Idaho ID14$4,120+48%$903 – $8,372
Pennsylvania PA26$3,804+37%$288 – $6,987
Minnesota MN18$3,357+21%$1,850 – $3,579
New York NY32$3,343+20%$734 – $3,840
Wisconsin WI28$2,811+1%$2,196 – $5,337
Texas TX23$2,7780%$1,527 – $2,778
Ohio OH14$1,412−49%$1,170 – $3,553
Washington WA10$1,313−53%$824 – $3,414
Iowa IA19$1,074−61%$1,074 – $1,391
Michigan MI27$896−68%$896 – $2,811
Illinois IL18$806−71%$548 – $4,871
Oklahoma OK14$726−74%$726 – $6,615
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $2,778.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care349$2,778$848 – $6,307
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access88$2,196$833 – $5,337
Ownership
For-profit52$3,794$1,051 – $7,165
Government65$1,313$806 – $3,840
Non-profit335$2,778$833 – $6,125
System affiliation
Part of a system356$2,811$896 – $6,342
Independent96$1,369$813 – $4,120

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,459
Median cash price$2,778
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

240 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,527 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,971; most fall between $726 and $6,114.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 240 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
$548$806$1,527$3,696$9,440

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($548 vs $9,440).

Of the 262 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 240 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

452 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 503 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted452
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
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 — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code503

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 Tnot Flxr/Xtnsr Tendon Forearm&/Wrist 1 Ea.

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, “Open cutting of a forearm or wrist tendon, one tendon (CPT 25290) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25290-open-cutting-of-a-forearm-or-wrist-tendon-one-tendon