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Lengthening A Tendon In The Hand Or Finger

Massachusetts 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?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,318 to $3,388.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239

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
$575.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$19,498.45
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 30th of 50

$2,239

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.