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Shortening Of A Finger-Straightening Tendon

Utah 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?

$3,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$380$110 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,698 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,918Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $59 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $380

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
$794.33
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$3,769

$380 physician + $3,388 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.