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Shortening Of A Finger-Straightening Tendon

Michigan 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?

$2,726

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,726 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$776$676 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$977 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,631Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$776.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
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
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 22nd of 51

$2,726

$776 physician + $1,950 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.