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Lengthening A Tendon In The Hand Or Finger

Florida rates for HCPCS 26478

Surgically lengthens a tendon in the hand or finger that has become too short and is holding the finger in a fixed position. The tendon is divided in a stepped fashion and repaired at a longer length, so the finger can move through a fuller range. It covers one tendon.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lengthening A Tendon In The Hand Or Finger cost?

$4,898

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $10,233.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $603 to $13,490
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,898

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Florida· 7th of 50

$4,898

IN $9,333WV $646

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.