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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

South 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?

$5,186

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$288$245 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$562 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $295 to $10,965Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $219 to $468
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $288

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
$295.12
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09

Where South 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

South Carolina· 7th of 50

$5,186

$288 physician + $4,898 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.