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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Louisiana 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?

$1,737

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$562$490 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$955 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,890Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $562

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
$575.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
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
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$1,737

$562 physician + $1,175 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.