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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

Montana 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?

$818

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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$372$309 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$447 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $525Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $234 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $372

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$818

$372 physician + $447 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.