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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

North Carolina 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?

$1,056

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,056 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$331$269 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$331 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $251 to $7,244Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $251 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $724professional $331

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
$251.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$1,056

$331 physician + $724 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.