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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

Iowa rates for HCPCS 26060

This procedure releases a tight or contracted tendon in a finger through a small puncture in the skin, without a full open incision. It is used to relieve a finger that is stuck bent or straight because a tendon is pulling it out of a normal range of motion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon cost?

$3,796

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$263 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,344 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,761Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $407

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 12.9 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 18th of 50

$3,796

$407 physician + $3,388 facility

IN $6,876WV $534

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.