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Release of a Tight Tendon in the Hand or Finger

Utah 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?

$3,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$83.18 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,023 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,918Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $30 to $447
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $257

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
$537.03
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,786.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
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
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$3,419

$257 physician + $3,162 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.