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Surgical Lengthening of a Hand or Finger Bone

Florida rates for HCPCS 26568

This procedure surgically lengthens a bone in the hand or a finger that is abnormally short, often due to a condition present from birth. The surgeon cuts the bone and increases its length, sometimes adding a bone graft or a lengthening device, to improve the hand's appearance and function.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Lengthening of a Hand or Finger Bone cost?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$794 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$2,630 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $14,125Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $933

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
$933.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California 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.

Florida· 46th of 51

$1,023

CA $5,012DE $955

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.