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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Nebraska 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?

$2,405

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$891$741 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,096 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,762Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $891

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$2,405

$891 physician + $1,514 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.