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Surgical Lengthening of a Hand or Finger Bone

North Dakota 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 5 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$1,820$955 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$912 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $1,820

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
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$1,820

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.