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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Florida rates for HCPCS 26460

Divides a tight tendon in the hand or finger through a small open incision, so a finger held in a fixed position can move again. Cutting the pull of the shortened tendon is what releases the deformity. It is used when a contracture stops the hand working and stretching or splinting has not helped.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger cost?

$1,719

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,719 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$214 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$741 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,166Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $51 to $525
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $339

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Colorado 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

Florida· 37th of 51

$1,719

$339 physician + $1,380 facility

CO $4,996DE $1,192

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.