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Minor Release of a Tight Finger Tendon

West Virginia 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?

$534

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $534 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $245 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 4 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 $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$245$245 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,622Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $229 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $245professional $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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$534

$288 physician + $245 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.