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Lengthening A Tendon In The Hand Or Finger

Nevada 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?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $832 to $4,365.

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 $1,862 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,762Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $4 to $1,096
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $646

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
$645.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 36th of 50

$1,698

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.