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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Kansas 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?

$1,505

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,505 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$479 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$912 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,074Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $955professional $550

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
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
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 46th of 51

$1,505

$550 physician + $955 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.