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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,160

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,160 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$245 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,188 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,318Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $229 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $269

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
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,584.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$407.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 15th of 50

$4,160

$269 physician + $3,890 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.