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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

South Dakota 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?

$936

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$263 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$407 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,365Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $224 to $759
$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $479

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 46th of 50

$936

$479 physician + $457 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.