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Removal Of Inflamed Tissue Around A Hand Or Finger Tendon

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 26145

This is a surgical procedure to remove inflamed lining tissue that has built up around a tendon that bends the fingers, in the palm or a finger. It is used to relieve pain, swelling, or restricted movement caused by chronic inflammation of that tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Inflamed Tissue Around A Hand Or Finger Tendon cost?

$5,946

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,946 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$575$490 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,122 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $589 to $20,417Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $575

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
$588.84
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in California than in Delaware. 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

$5,946

$575 physician + $5,370 facility

CA $7,989DE $1,050

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.