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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Freeing a scarred forearm or wrist tendon, one tendon

CPT 25295the billing code this page is about

Surgery to release a single flexor or extensor tendon in the forearm or wrist from scar tissue and adhesions so it can glide; billed once for each tendon treated.

Hospitals typically charge $2,438 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 488 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,626. Most fall between $899 and $5,741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
488
States
47
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 488 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
$660$1,009$2,438$4,637$9,789

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($660 vs $9,789).

How the prices are spread

$520 – $711: 41 hospitals$520$711 – $972: 49 hospitals$972 – $1,328: 62 hospitals$972$1,328 – $1,816: 36 hospitals$1,816 – $2,483: 37 hospitals$1,816$2,483 – $3,396: 45 hospitals$3,396 – $4,643: 79 hospitals$3,396$4,643 – $6,348: 26 hospitals$6,348 – $8,680: 34 hospitals$6,348$8,680 – $11,868: 33 hospitals$8,680median $2,438price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (442 of 488 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$520$71141
$711$97249
$972$1,32862
$1,328$1,81636
$1,816$2,48337
$2,483$3,39645
$3,396$4,64379
$4,643$6,34826
$6,348$8,68034
$8,680$11,86833

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,438
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.73×

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 $2,438.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,402 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,402Idaho: median $6,877 across 11 hospitalsID$6,877Montana: 4 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 $3,882 across 19 hospitalsMN$3,882Illinois: median $1,706 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,706Wisconsin: median $2,118 across 17 hospitalsWI$2,118Michigan: median $818 across 28 hospitalsMI$818New York: median $3,840 across 34 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $1,296 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,296Indiana: median $660 across 11 hospitalsIN$660Ohio: median $1,747 across 15 hospitalsOH$1,747Pennsylvania: median $830 across 20 hospitalsPA$830New Jersey: median $4,330 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,789 across 38 hospitalsCA$9,789Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,150 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,150Missouri: median $1,705 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,705Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $875 across 13 hospitalsOK$875Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 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 27 hospitalsTX$2,778Florida: median $4,637 across 14 hospitalsFL$4,637
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,438. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA38$9,789+302%$1,172 – $9,789
Idaho ID11$6,877+182%$2,849 – $8,372
Florida FL14$4,637+90%$3,257 – $7,640
New Jersey NJ31$4,330+78%$3,594 – $5,339
Minnesota MN19$3,882+59%$1,092 – $3,882
New York NY34$3,840+58%$861 – $4,084
Texas TX27$2,778+14%$2,273 – $2,794
Wisconsin WI17$2,118−13%$2,118 – $6,574
Ohio OH15$1,747−28%$840 – $2,408
Illinois IL15$1,706−30%$616 – $3,241
Missouri MO12$1,705−30%$822 – $12,756
Washington WA14$1,402−42%$1,097 – $7,186
Iowa IA17$1,296−47%$1,296 – $1,539
Nebraska NE10$1,150−53%$420 – $2,018
Oklahoma OK13$875−64%$875 – $6,615
Pennsylvania PA20$830−66%$332 – $5,038
Michigan MI28$818−66%$673 – $4,499
Indiana IN11$660−73%$616 – $6,723
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not 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
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,438.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care383$2,778$944 – $6,536
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access94$1,402$804 – $3,882
Ownership
For-profit57$3,139$1,025 – $9,441
Government86$1,505$961 – $3,932
Non-profit345$2,522$875 – $5,486
System affiliation
Part of a system369$2,778$906 – $6,574
Independent119$1,586$890 – $4,233

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,522
Median cash price$2,438
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

253 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,431 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,096; most fall between $808 and $6,114.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 253 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
$616$875$1,431$4,637$8,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($616 vs $8,372).

Of the 279 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 253 gave a usable cash price; 18 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

488 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 542 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted488
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
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 — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code542

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 Tnols 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, “Freeing a scarred forearm or wrist tendon, one tendon (CPT 25295) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-25295-freeing-a-scarred-forearm-or-wrist-tendon-one-tendon