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Draining an Infected Finger Tendon Sheath

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 26020

Opens and washes out the sheath that a finger tendon runs through when infection has filled it with pus. The finger is swollen, held bent, and intensely painful to straighten, and the pressure inside can destroy the tendon if it is not released quickly. The surgeon makes small incisions, flushes the sheath through, and leaves it to drain.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Draining an Infected Finger Tendon Sheath cost?

$2,291

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $3,631.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291

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
$616.60
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Tennessee· 29th of 50

$2,291

IN $8,318WV $537

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.