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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Tennessee 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?

$1,943

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,943 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$437 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$813 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,090Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
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
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$1,943

$562 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.