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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

Louisiana 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?

$2,014

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,014 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$257 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,000 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,169Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $229 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $316

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
$549.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 38th of 50

$2,014

$316 physician + $1,698 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.