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Shortening Of A Finger-Straightening Tendon

Florida rates for HCPCS 26477

Surgery that shortens one of the tendons on the back of the hand or finger that pull the finger straight. Slack or over-lengthened tendon is trimmed or overlapped and re-secured so it pulls with the right tension again. One tendon is treated at a time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shortening Of A Finger-Straightening Tendon cost?

$1,848

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$355 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$759 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $513 to $11,749Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $87 to $741
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,380professional $468

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
$501.19
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
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
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.0 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

Florida· 47th of 51

$1,848

$468 physician + $1,380 facility

CO $6,515DE $1,300

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.