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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

Illinois 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?

$2,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$257 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,148 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,623Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $234 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $347

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
$478.63
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 34th of 50

$2,209

$347 physician + $1,862 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.