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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Oregon 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?

$1,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$776$646 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$741 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,898Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $776

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
12 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
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 42nd of 51

$1,608

$776 physician + $832 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.